My Mac had voice commands in the 90s, but it didn't include useful stuff like being able to choose which file was selected etc, despite being able to open and close files/windows with it. Even if it could do everything that your mouse and keyboard can do, it's still faster to just use your hands for the most part. Voice command is great for people with disabilities, but on a smartphone in a busy environment, what's the point? It's either not going to work because of ambient noise, or you're just going to piss everyone off.
It's pretty hard to have compassion for something so obviously stupid. If he'd sold it to help his sick mother or something that would be grounds for compassion, but he significantly shortened his lifespan to buy a tech toy which will be passe in a year's time, if not sooner.. wtf..
valuing an iPod over a kidney is not an expected attitude
Anyone who's ever witnessed an Apple fanboi wouldn't be that shocked. I certainly wasn't. Dismayed, yes.. shocked, no.. this was monumentally stupid. He should have just got a cheap Chinese tablet, or used iPad, even if he was desperate for a gadget fix.
I remembered a story about browser fingerprinting months ago, but couldn't be bothered finding it. There is a story up today about the same kind of thing though, and it even lets you see your browser's fingerprint: http://panopticlick.eff.org/
It may be useless for targeting ads since you have them blocked anyway, but it does make you significantly more traceable.
I block ads too btw. Slashdotters' habits don't really matter in this discussion though, only the habits of the majority of web users. I find it ludicrous that it's such a lucrative business, but there it is.
In 1568 if you used a Gutenberg press to print off everything about you and you distributed it by hand to all the other serfs in your kingdom would you be surprised that they know it!?
I'd be pretty damn surprised. I don't think that many serfs could read in 1568.
I thought that Amazon would be more reliable than even a system that I was maintaining myself, until that outage. They must have multiple engineers, redundant servers and connections, insane amounts of bandwidth, etc.. it's weird that it would go down at all when you have that much money and resources to throw at it, barring someone hacking the system.
Because while JavaScript may be generally the same, the libraries available have changed. jQuery is excellent. The DOM has probably changed a bit since 1995 too.
An OS is more like a desk or bench on which you put your tools (hence why we have the term "desktop", and Amiga OS was even called Workbench). You want it to be there, holding everything up and easy to hand, but you don't want it to get in the way.
Who cares if you "like" the argument? It only matters whether it's true or not.
I very much "dislike" your argument. I'd rather stand next to a busy road than next to a smoker. Smoke is much more potent in terms of crap that is deposited in your lungs, clothes, gadgets, etc.
Doesn't change the fact that anyone can distribute Android devices without those apps if they want to. Looks at the Archos media players for devices with good quality hardware, but no Android Market, etc. If they had an Android 3 version, I probably would have chosen it over the Xoom.
Possibly; I don't know anything about Silverlight. Flash is awful for rendering video, it's really designed for vector based stuff.. HTML5 and native YouTube apps perform better on my netbook and tablets. I expect Silverlight would have been planned from the outset to handle video, as well as the typical flashy Flash stuff.
They make plenty of revenue with ads and taking a percentage from Zynga games etc. (people actually pay to have extra shit in these games for some reason). Not saying that bubble can't burst, but they are turning a profit right now at least.
Sadly, now is better than ever for vendors to give Microsoft the finger and go for other options yet we probably won't see it happen. Precisely because Microsoft is still, ten years later, a monopoly that can crush a vendor if they don't do what Microsoft says.
I think more likely that a vendor with laugh at Microsoft, spit in their face, and go with Android. Microsoft is a complete joke in the mobile segment.
I liked Windows Mobile for a while, I think they were the only non-Nokia smartphones even available for years (have never liked Nokias for some reason) - but when Android started gathering momentum, I switched and have not looked back.
While I do prefer to buy Android devices from well known companies so that I can be more sure of quality and software updates (so far Dell and Motorola), if Android weren't open then the same thing would happen with Android as with Apple devices: over-priced, over-controlled, under featured. I'm not going to buy a device where the software I can install is censored (even in cases where Android pulls apps from the official market, you can still get them direct from the author's websites). I'm also not going to buy a device that will not let me expand the storage. This is becoming less relevant as more and more content can be streamed directly, but we're not there yet.
Yep, this time it's Android enabling every Tom, Dick and Harry to build whatever the hell they want. Even the PSP's successor looks like it's going to be an Android device.
How is Google any different from Facebook? It makes money in exactly the same way, through ads which are targeted by the information you enter in your searches, emails, etc.
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+1 concur.
My Mac had voice commands in the 90s, but it didn't include useful stuff like being able to choose which file was selected etc, despite being able to open and close files/windows with it. Even if it could do everything that your mouse and keyboard can do, it's still faster to just use your hands for the most part. Voice command is great for people with disabilities, but on a smartphone in a busy environment, what's the point? It's either not going to work because of ambient noise, or you're just going to piss everyone off.
Bonus clip.
It's pretty hard to have compassion for something so obviously stupid. If he'd sold it to help his sick mother or something that would be grounds for compassion, but he significantly shortened his lifespan to buy a tech toy which will be passe in a year's time, if not sooner.. wtf..
valuing an iPod over a kidney is not an expected attitude
Anyone who's ever witnessed an Apple fanboi wouldn't be that shocked. I certainly wasn't. Dismayed, yes.. shocked, no.. this was monumentally stupid. He should have just got a cheap Chinese tablet, or used iPad, even if he was desperate for a gadget fix.
not traceable back to me
I remembered a story about browser fingerprinting months ago, but couldn't be bothered finding it. There is a story up today about the same kind of thing though, and it even lets you see your browser's fingerprint: http://panopticlick.eff.org/
It may be useless for targeting ads since you have them blocked anyway, but it does make you significantly more traceable.
I block ads too btw. Slashdotters' habits don't really matter in this discussion though, only the habits of the majority of web users. I find it ludicrous that it's such a lucrative business, but there it is.
My DNA tripped last night and my balls dropped.
Seriously, where did you learn your definition of revenue, because to everyone else it is synonymous with income. Also, see wikipedia.
In 1568 if you used a Gutenberg press to print off everything about you and you distributed it by hand to all the other serfs in your kingdom would you be surprised that they know it!?
I'd be pretty damn surprised. I don't think that many serfs could read in 1568.
the private company has to turn the keys over at anytime if they feel to meet their performance targets.
Indeed, sexual misconduct to further your career is cheating.
I thought that Amazon would be more reliable than even a system that I was maintaining myself, until that outage. They must have multiple engineers, redundant servers and connections, insane amounts of bandwidth, etc.. it's weird that it would go down at all when you have that much money and resources to throw at it, barring someone hacking the system.
Because while JavaScript may be generally the same, the libraries available have changed. jQuery is excellent. The DOM has probably changed a bit since 1995 too.
An OS is more like a desk or bench on which you put your tools (hence why we have the term "desktop", and Amiga OS was even called Workbench). You want it to be there, holding everything up and easy to hand, but you don't want it to get in the way.
What? Of course compilation makes things faster. Modern interpreted languages use just-in-time compilation, but it's still compilation.
Who cares if you "like" the argument? It only matters whether it's true or not.
I very much "dislike" your argument. I'd rather stand next to a busy road than next to a smoker. Smoke is much more potent in terms of crap that is deposited in your lungs, clothes, gadgets, etc.
First, go read a dictionary.
Second, selling ads is a service.
Doesn't change the fact that anyone can distribute Android devices without those apps if they want to. Looks at the Archos media players for devices with good quality hardware, but no Android Market, etc. If they had an Android 3 version, I probably would have chosen it over the Xoom.
Possibly; I don't know anything about Silverlight. Flash is awful for rendering video, it's really designed for vector based stuff.. HTML5 and native YouTube apps perform better on my netbook and tablets. I expect Silverlight would have been planned from the outset to handle video, as well as the typical flashy Flash stuff.
I get your point though ;)
They make plenty of revenue with ads and taking a percentage from Zynga games etc. (people actually pay to have extra shit in these games for some reason). Not saying that bubble can't burst, but they are turning a profit right now at least.
Sadly, now is better than ever for vendors to give Microsoft the finger and go for other options yet we probably won't see it happen. Precisely because Microsoft is still, ten years later, a monopoly that can crush a vendor if they don't do what Microsoft says.
I think more likely that a vendor with laugh at Microsoft, spit in their face, and go with Android. Microsoft is a complete joke in the mobile segment.
I liked Windows Mobile for a while, I think they were the only non-Nokia smartphones even available for years (have never liked Nokias for some reason) - but when Android started gathering momentum, I switched and have not looked back.
They probably had to cut back during their anti-trust overwatch. Which ended a couple of weeks ago.
While I do prefer to buy Android devices from well known companies so that I can be more sure of quality and software updates (so far Dell and Motorola), if Android weren't open then the same thing would happen with Android as with Apple devices: over-priced, over-controlled, under featured. I'm not going to buy a device where the software I can install is censored (even in cases where Android pulls apps from the official market, you can still get them direct from the author's websites). I'm also not going to buy a device that will not let me expand the storage. This is becoming less relevant as more and more content can be streamed directly, but we're not there yet.
Yep, this time it's Android enabling every Tom, Dick and Harry to build whatever the hell they want. Even the PSP's successor looks like it's going to be an Android device.
what
How is Google any different from Facebook? It makes money in exactly the same way, through ads which are targeted by the information you enter in your searches, emails, etc.
He screwed up in one area while pulling in billions in others. Oh no.
Considering Google and Facebook are in the advertising market, some companies might decide they'd rather buy Facebook ads than Google ads.