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  1. There Is, and Never Has Been, a War on Apple's War Against Jailbreaking Now Makes Perfect Sense · · Score: 2

    Apple's view towards jailbreaking can likely be summed up thus: Anyone is free to do whatever they want with their devices. Just don't expect support for unsupported things if it breaks. Found a security exploit in the OS? Thanks, we'll fix that right up.

  2. Re:I don't see this as a problem on Software Recognizes Sarcastic Tweets · · Score: 1

    I opened my sarcasm tag about 28 years ago and don't plan on closing it any time soon. That has forced me to come up with a new language nuance that I like to call "more sarcastic than usual". But really that just means I add an extra, overemphasized "really" ahead of the point of super sarcasm.

    Really?!

  3. Re:Its odd ABC did it on No HTML5 Hulu Anytime Soon · · Score: 1

    With the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0 release (warning: potential NDA breakage), app developers can notify the system which file types their app can open. Adobe could conceivably create an app that can open FLV files, and it would work almost exactly like the YouTube app does. When a user comes to a page with a FLV video, they can view it in the FLV player app. And since FLV is mostly just a wrapper for H.264 as it is, all the app would have to do is unwrap it and play it using the built-in video controls.

    Now that I think about it, since Adobe is insisting on how "open" FLash is because they've published the file format specs, it's conceivable that almost any dev could implement this.

  4. Re:Ask Slashdot: PHP/JS Dev environments on HTML Web App Development Still Has a Ways To Go · · Score: 1

    My suggestion is to only use frameworks as they were designed: PHP is for server-side generation of HTML, and Javascript is for the manipulation of HTML. The PHP should generate well-formed HTML that works even without the Javascript layer, and the Javascript should only be used to manipulate the HTML without affecting anything server-side. If you must, a small implementation of AJAX could be used, but only to insert other HTML into the DOM, not to make database calls or changes. But really, it's best practice to simply generate all of the HTML you'll need, and then use Javascript to show/hide it as needed. That guarantees that you'll have a site that's compatible with virtually any platform, even should the user have Javascript turned off (or in some cases, not even supported).

    If done correctly, it's easy to keep track of. It's all referencing the same HTML, and if it's well-documented and well-formed, nothing will get lost.

  5. Re:Can't run Java on iPhone either... on Adobe Calls Out Apple With Ads In NY Times, WSJ · · Score: 1

    I installed Flash on my refrigerator. It microwaved my ice cream when I tried to access Hulu.

  6. Re:It's not a pointing stick... on Pointing Stick Keyboard Roundup · · Score: 4, Funny

    You use the trackpoint more like a clit.

    But how am I supposed to see the screen if my tongue is anchored to the keyboard?

  7. Re:Just a thought on Apple Loses Another 4th-Gen iPhone · · Score: 1

    If you buy phones the way I buy toothpaste, the iPhone isn't for you. (For the record, I use Crest Pro-Health Sensitive Shield that fights Cavities, Gingivitis, Plaque, Sensitivity, and Tartar plus Whitens and Freshens Breath. The more superlatives, the better.)

  8. Re:liberal? on Hollywood Nervous About Kagan's Fair Use Views · · Score: 1

    I was, in fact, going for option C: facetiously providing a definition so that folks would understand that TFA does not, in fact, mean "the left wing of the Democratic party".

  9. Re:liberal? on Hollywood Nervous About Kagan's Fair Use Views · · Score: 3, Informative

    liberal –adjective

    1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.

    2. (often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.

    3. of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism.

    4. favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.

    5. favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers.

    6. of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies.

    7. free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners.

    8. open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.

    9. characterized by generosity and willingness to give in large amounts: a liberal donor.

    10. given freely or abundantly; generous: a liberal donation.

    11. not strict or rigorous; free; not literal: a liberal interpretation of a rule.

    12. of, pertaining to, or based on the liberal arts.

    13. of, pertaining to, or befitting a freeman.

  10. Re:H.264 support? on Mozilla Reveals Firefox 4 Plans · · Score: 0

    It's in the license that the cost will never go up more than 10%, and the rates are fixed for 5 years.

    From the agreement:

    royalty rates applicable to specific license grants or specific licensed products will not increase by more than ten percent (10%) at each renewal.

    God forbid the cost goes up to $0.033 per user.

  11. Genesis on Is HTML5 Ready To Take Over From Flash? · · Score: 0

    There must be some misunderstanding.

    HTML5 == new/future text markup standard
    HTML5 HTML 4.01 + new tags + limited local storage - lengthy DOCTYPE - deprecated tags
    HTML5 != HTML + CSS3 + JavaScript + H.264 + Ogg + SVG + kitchen sink

    The term "HTML5" is the new "Web 2.0". Vomit.

  12. Re:You signed away this "right" by picking Apple. on Flash Is Not a Right · · Score: 0

    I haven't seen anyone call it a right, either, but I do get the impression of a sense of entitlement from the more vocal opponents of Apple in this (and other) debates. It's the same "Apple won't let me do X with Y even though I bought it!" argument that has persisted since the 90s when the components of Macintosh computers were different than those of Windows-compatible computers. And it will persist as long as Apple continues to make desirable products that aren't everything to everyone. The closest they came was with the iPod, and yet there are still folks out there who don't like it, but still complain and harbor jealousy because they want one anyway. The same is true for virtually all high-profile consumer goods, but usually not bringing out the sense of entitlement to the extent that Apple does.

  13. Re:Article Is Win on How I Saved the Gaming Industry · · Score: 0

    There may be few open source games, but there are certainly a lot of proprietary-source games that use open source engines. This is one of the few areas where a symbiotic relationship between open source and closed source actually works. For devs who aren't concerned with game design beyond making sure everything works, there are game engine projects. And for devs who simply want to make games, the engines already exist for just about any type of game for any platform.

    It gives indy devs the opportunity to release games on-par with the big boys because they don't have to devote so many resources to how the game works, and can instead focus on how it looks and plays. Which, in the end, is what players are looking for anyway.

  14. Re:Huh? on Yoctonewton Detector Smashes Force Sensing Record · · Score: 0

    But if you don't have good sighst or good hearsding, then your other sesnes will be heightsened.

  15. Re:and by that logic on Look At Sick People To Give Your Immune System a Boost · · Score: 0

    I find that watching zombie movies really helps with immortality.

  16. Unsurprisingly... on YouTube, Now In Text Mode! · · Score: 0

    It makes Flash video faster on the Mac. No skipping!

  17. Re:Fascinating on Disputed Island Disappears Into Sea · · Score: 1, Funny

    If they expect any tourism to see Nothing Atoll, they better have a reef fund.

  18. Twilight Zone on Open Source Alternative To Google Earth? · · Score: 0

    So not only is it open source, but it also lets you travel through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind?

    Count me in.

  19. Re:bad idea... on Porn Surfing Rampant At US Science Foundation · · Score: 0

    hairy zero-day exploits

    Obviously there is also a problem of exploits looking at too much porn at work.

  20. Re:Ubuntu not ready! on Shuttleworth Suggests 1-Way Valve For User Experience Testing · · Score: 0

    You ironically forgot a category: People who care about user experience. These people also don't find it acceptable to have to install 3rd party drivers on a Windows system. It's poor user experience.

  21. Re:makes on Spider Missing After Trip To Space Station · · Score: 0

    How do I shot web?

  22. Re:The enemy we all share is FEAR on $500,000 Prize for Faster Airport Security Checks · · Score: 0

    I loved your work on the White Album. Hell, you wrote a pretty decent Christmas tune in the day as well. Can you please tell your widow to stop making music? I think it's contributing to terrorism. Maybe if she stops making music we won't need all these security measures.

  23. Re:Golf on What Skills Should Undergrads Have? · · Score: 0

    It's quite the opposite. Golf has become incredibly popular, especially among businesspeople. It is possibly the single most effective networking tool in the arsenal. Think about it: if you treat the CEO of a company to a round of golf, not only do you get him in a better mood because he's out of the office and playing golf, but you have his ear for 4+ hours. The ability to write the round off as an expense is icing on the cake.

  24. Re:I have my own. on Microsoft Patents Frustration-Detection System · · Score: 0

    "None of us is as dumb as all of us."

  25. Re:Wow on Antitrust Suit Filed To Halt Apple 'Music Monopoly' · · Score: 0

    An iMac clone, the Dell XPSOne, was built using the same exact chip and stuff and indeed it did run Windows Media Player.

    Just because hardware is capable of something doesn't require the manufacturer to take advantage of it in the software.