It's amazing how people seem to think jailbreaking indelibly and permanently breaks an iPxx device. You can update them back to stock firmware before you take it to the Apple store. I guess not if it fails in the wrong way, of course, but they would probably just reflash the firmware themselves at the store if you brought one in with a dead battery and it acted at all 'unusual' when they got the new battery in it and were testing it. Are there really 'CRC police' at the Apple store freaking out about this stuff?
What did happen, is more Android phones were sold than iPhones, in the US. Notable, sure, but in no way whatsoever does it mean that the Android market is larger.
Actually, that's exactly the only thing it does mean.
Take $99 from every iPhone developer that submits to Apps store
Isn't it $99 once a year, every year? And don't they force sale of an Intel Mac on each developer as well? (I haven't looked around to see if the suite runs on a hackintosh. It's kind of a scary thing to wonder about in public. The long knives of the mac zealots would probably come out quickly.)
There are so many interesting and challenging goals for scientists and engineers here on earth that there is plenty to do. Astronauts? Kids want to be rock stars too.
You just don't want to admit how much time you wasted watching Star Trek.
What do we gain from having med students operate on cadavers instead of mannequins?
Well, mannequins are filled with plaster of paris, or plastic foam I suppose. Not much in there to operate on.
What's the difference in engineering a toolshed and a residential home?
Not much. You don't want your tools to get rusty. If there are batteries in some of them, you don't want them to freeze. Granted, you probably don't need indoor plumbing in the toolshed. But I'd sure like ethernet in mine. Really, I would.
Why do goldfish leap from fishbowls? Because goldfish are really fucking stupid. Why did you tack that on the end?
Personally, and speaking as somebody who did a lot of Assembly Language before I learned a bit of C, I feel that with a little clarification, the 'C mindset' can be made easier. 'Pointers' are just memory access methods. I'm used to addressing hard memory locations in most of my coding. C gives you that facility while not making you do all your functioning in bare registers.
I am the sort, though, who thinks that nobody should code in anything except maybe BASIC until they're exposed to some Assembly Language. Learn what you're actually moving electrons around in. Quit with the abstraction. Until a little later, anyways.
I would absolutely love for somebody to create a GPL'd runtime environment that would allow iPhone OS apps to run on other platforms.
I know, I know. Apple fucks anybody who touches their stuff with more legal muscle than anybody else in the industry. But it would make things interesting.
And we'd all have more Fart Apps that we knew what to do with.
I remember back in the mid 90's when I ran a Mac Emulator (Executor) and Wine simultaneously on my Linux X desktop. The little cat who chases the mouse ('Neko') from Windows and MacOS were able to meet on the same screen. They didn't rip each other to shreds, either.
I'd like the Iphone OS emulator now, rather than to have to wait for the platform to die like we've had to for Gameboy, etc. (not that I don't want the Iphone OS to die soon or anything)
By definition you've only seen the bad code that comes from such outfits. As so, you don't have a full picture of the quality of code from 'big shops.'
I could be wrong, of course. But it would explain why none of the previous social networks have managed translate users into longevity.
My theory is that the marketing fucks show up, and as soon as that happens, the site is as good as dead.
I mean, the fricking 'Fashion Bug' store in the little strip mall in the small town I live near has 'We are on Facebook' stickers on the door now. The 'Fashion Bug' in case anybody isn't aware of it, is a clothing store that has about the same image in fashion as Radio Shack does in tech.
Facebook is over. Or, it's just the new Montgomery Wards.
This is apple.slashdot.org, not slashdot. Some days it gets to feel like slashdot.org has licensed a subdomain to Apple. Maybe the money from it pays for the rest of Slashdot.
The day when Apple produced innovative unique products is in the past. They haven't reached the level of Dell yet, but they most repackage COTS hardware now. The Apple brand is now close to their most valuable asset.
Apple would have zero problems getting more "legitimate" news coverage if they wanted it.
It's pretty well established that they've saturated the 'legitimate' news coverage recently. We all groan now at yet-another-Apple-stunt. How far will they reach? Only their marketing staff knows for certain.
I turned on the TV a few weeks ago because I'd bought an X-Box at Goodwill and wanted to check it out and see what all the excitement is about. It had a defective disc drive so I returned it to Goodwill.
I also used it recently because I bought a Video-out cable for my iPod Touch at a flea market for $6.50 and wanted to check it out. Yep. I could watch Youtube on the regular TV set now if I wanted to. I haven't thus far, though.
The wife wants the TV set to stay there. I'd like to use the space for another bookshelf. Or maybe an aquarium.
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It's amazing how people seem to think jailbreaking indelibly and permanently breaks an iPxx device. You can update them back to stock firmware before you take it to the Apple store. I guess not if it fails in the wrong way, of course, but they would probably just reflash the firmware themselves at the store if you brought one in with a dead battery and it acted at all 'unusual' when they got the new battery in it and were testing it. Are there really 'CRC police' at the Apple store freaking out about this stuff?
What did happen, is more Android phones were sold than iPhones, in the US. Notable, sure, but in no way whatsoever does it mean that the Android market is larger.
Actually, that's exactly the only thing it does mean.
For comparison, there are more iPhone OS users than total Linux end-users.
Not for much longer, if Android sales keep growing.
Care for some castor oil? It'll make swallowing your words so much easier.
Developer tools don't write themselves, don't provide technical support for themselves, and don't host and provide bandwidth for themselves.
Ummm. This is Slashdot. Ever heard of the GNU toolchain? Even Apple uses big chunks of it, btw.
Oh, right. This is apple.slashdot.org. My mistake.
Take $99 from every iPhone developer that submits to Apps store
Isn't it $99 once a year, every year? And don't they force sale of an Intel Mac on each developer as well? (I haven't looked around to see if the suite runs on a hackintosh. It's kind of a scary thing to wonder about in public. The long knives of the mac zealots would probably come out quickly.)
So, no, relatively speaking, iPhones and iPad are not fragmented.
You're right, but 'owning' an iPhone app basically amounts to being in charge of a small potted plant in somebody else's walled garden.
There are so many interesting and challenging goals for scientists and engineers here on earth that there is plenty to do. Astronauts? Kids want to be rock stars too.
You just don't want to admit how much time you wasted watching Star Trek.
What do we gain from having med students operate on cadavers instead of mannequins?
Well, mannequins are filled with plaster of paris, or plastic foam I suppose. Not much in there to operate on.
What's the difference in engineering a toolshed and a residential home?
Not much. You don't want your tools to get rusty. If there are batteries in some of them, you don't want them to freeze. Granted, you probably don't need indoor plumbing in the toolshed. But I'd sure like ethernet in mine. Really, I would.
Why do goldfish leap from fishbowls?
Because goldfish are really fucking stupid. Why did you tack that on the end?
Give me a one-way ticket to Mars and I'd take it in a heartbeat. No joke.
I'm not sure there are any telephones there that need sanitizing.
He said more than you seem even capable of.
Go ahead and avoid 'big words' if they scare you. Just go sit at the kid's table, okay?
Personally, and speaking as somebody who did a lot of Assembly Language before I learned a bit of C, I feel that with a little clarification, the 'C mindset' can be made easier. 'Pointers' are just memory access methods. I'm used to addressing hard memory locations in most of my coding. C gives you that facility while not making you do all your functioning in bare registers.
I am the sort, though, who thinks that nobody should code in anything except maybe BASIC until they're exposed to some Assembly Language. Learn what you're actually moving electrons around in. Quit with the abstraction. Until a little later, anyways.
I would absolutely love for somebody to create a GPL'd runtime environment that would allow iPhone OS apps to run on other platforms.
I know, I know. Apple fucks anybody who touches their stuff with more legal muscle than anybody else in the industry. But it would make things interesting.
And we'd all have more Fart Apps that we knew what to do with.
I remember back in the mid 90's when I ran a Mac Emulator (Executor) and Wine simultaneously on my Linux X desktop. The little cat who chases the mouse ('Neko') from Windows and MacOS were able to meet on the same screen. They didn't rip each other to shreds, either.
I'd like the Iphone OS emulator now, rather than to have to wait for the platform to die like we've had to for Gameboy, etc. (not that I don't want the Iphone OS to die soon or anything)
"C is Hard. Students shouldn't have to learn anything that is hard. Think of how it might affect their GPA!"
By definition you've only seen the bad code that comes from such outfits. As so, you don't have a full picture of the quality of code from 'big shops.'
If it's somebody else's code, you upgrade when they tell you to.
Where do you get this idea? Upgrades are not mandatory. They're often not needed at all.
I don't upgrade my electric pencil sharpener or file cabinet every time a new model comes out.
If something big and important breaks at the IRS, it may very well be a very big problem.
True. Taxes wouldn't be collected and the economy might even grow. Very big problem, grasshopper.
I could be wrong, of course. But it would explain why none of the previous social networks have managed translate users into longevity.
My theory is that the marketing fucks show up, and as soon as that happens, the site is as good as dead.
I mean, the fricking 'Fashion Bug' store in the little strip mall in the small town I live near has 'We are on Facebook' stickers on the door now. The 'Fashion Bug' in case anybody isn't aware of it, is a clothing store that has about the same image in fashion as Radio Shack does in tech.
Facebook is over. Or, it's just the new Montgomery Wards.
This is apple.slashdot.org, not slashdot. Some days it gets to feel like slashdot.org has licensed a subdomain to Apple. Maybe the money from it pays for the rest of Slashdot.
The day when Apple produced innovative unique products is in the past. They haven't reached the level of Dell yet, but they most repackage COTS hardware now. The Apple brand is now close to their most valuable asset.
I always had my doubts about the efficiency of Steve as a distribution mechanism.
Steve was one heck of a successful coke dealer in his time....
Apple would have zero problems getting more "legitimate" news coverage if they wanted it.
It's pretty well established that they've saturated the 'legitimate' news coverage recently. We all groan now at yet-another-Apple-stunt. How far will they reach? Only their marketing staff knows for certain.
The previous 15 Minutes of Fame arrived at through the previously lost Iphone prototype must have worn off. So it's time to get in the news again.
It's just a dumb cell phone. Do we get Slashdot articles every time a Noikia prototype goes missing in the lab?
This site is better than that. Though, as I have commented in the past, this is apple.slashdot.org, not slashdot.
I turned on the TV a few weeks ago because I'd bought an X-Box at Goodwill and wanted to check it out and see what all the excitement is about. It had a defective disc drive so I returned it to Goodwill.
I also used it recently because I bought a Video-out cable for my iPod Touch at a flea market for $6.50 and wanted to check it out. Yep. I could watch Youtube on the regular TV set now if I wanted to. I haven't thus far, though.
The wife wants the TV set to stay there. I'd like to use the space for another bookshelf. Or maybe an aquarium.
The shuttle was designed in the same era, and by engineers with the same mindset, as the Chrysler Cordoba.
I'm sure we've all seen one or two of those. Vinyl roof rusting off, and the chrome fender mostly flake because it's rusting away from the inside.
Not a problem. They have big banks of Andy Griffith and Mayberry RFD DVDs on hand for this sort of emergency.