Users are the ones forcing the draconian policies of IT shops to change. iPhone, then iPads are being made "exceptions" to established policies because IT shops can't say no to the huge onslaught of demand.
If it's so plain-as-day that connecting all these devices is hurting the company, why are the users being blamed instead of making the financial case and having the suits approve a no-iDevice policy?
...I think the better assumption is that the judge has been able to see more evidence and arguments than can be summed up even a dozen Slashdot articles, and he doesn't think it's a waste of his time.
Speaking as somebody who actually has both an iPad and a Galaxy Tab and has accidentally grabbed one while reaching for the other, I'm inclined to agree. If Apple had copied a product of Samsung's as closely as the Tab resembles the iPad, Think Geek would make a killing selling torches and pitchforks.
If the argument is supposed to be that copyrights are too long, then arguing that authors/songwriters/etc should get a real job is downright confusing.
Perhaps the creator should have demanded better compensation from the publisher when providing said work to the publisher? Or better yet, perhaps the creator shouldn't plan to make money selling copies of their work, but on actually 'creating' work.
Umm... okay, that doesn't account for the fact that some content generates revenue for years.
Yes, the issue is whether it should be locked up/monopolized by one party or allowed to the greater society for use by anyone to further expand on it.
I agree with shortening the copyright term. It's silly. However, the "it's not a real job" argument is, for lack of a better term, dumb. Cut him out of the profits generated from the content he's created and all you've done is hurt the little guy and give more money to the corps. Brilliant.
Yes, it is. You can't tether unless you pay a fee. You can't stream until people stop buying the more expensive media. You can't shift media, you're expected to re-purchase the content. This is all about finding new and ingenius ways of making you hand over cash.
Everything looks shitty compared to having the same thing for free.
If that were true the video game market would already be in ruins. Ponder on that thought for a bit before you drudge up the 'you cant compete with free!' nonsense again.
In the mean time, pirated games don't require you to call a phone number to get permission to install them, which is what the original poster was talking about.
Meh, If you don't like it, don't buy it. Instead play something else; vote with your wallet. It's not like there's a shortage of games.
Or you could do something more productive and not buy it, then tell them why you didn't buy it so they have an idea of where their 'lost sales' are really going.
It's a pity so few people remember what happened with Spore.
Yes, and though I love Siri, it would be easy to be the victim of a prank. One of my coworkers used Siri to text my boss the word 'buttface', even though the phone was locked. I can set it to require unlock, and I may have to, but it does affect the usefulness of Siri.
Do you think most iPhone owners know that Siri, a shinier version of the voice commands that their phones have had for years, was a cloud function that is gonna blow their little $20/250MB data plan into kingdom come?
No, they don't know that Siri will use 20 megabytes a month in an extreme case. Apparently you don't either.
This is only speculation, but the 4S came out at nearly the same time that iOS5 did. With iOS5 we got iCloud, with its slick feature being that I can shoot a photo on my iPhone and have it magically appear on my iPad later.
That said, I'm not certain that iCloud uses the cellular data connection, so maybe I'm full of crap. I probably just shot my own point in the foot so I'll try to salvage it by re-emphasizing that iOS5's arrival is from roughly the same time.
If that switch does return, you'll notice a couple of things. 1.) The reception/coverage is better and 2.) You won't be able to use data and voice at the some time unless wifi is around.
Also, I thought about it a bit, and I'm not sure if disabling 3G will actually extend your standby time.. in theory it should but I'm unclear on that. I can say that the actual talk time using Edge seemed to use only half as much battery power. I didn't measure that scientifically, though. It was *very* noticable.
Turning off 3G on a cell phone would disable the ability to place and receive cell phone calls, which is, after all, the primary purpose of the device.
You don't know what you're talking about.
I really am tired of this know-it-all attitude lots of people around here have. Normally I wouldn't mind, but thanks for jumping to the conclusion that I was giving him useless advice to conserve battery power. It's nice to see somebody who thinks I'm a moron come by and correct me on something and turn out to be completely wrong.
So, if you don't mind me asking, do you think you're an expert on all topics and were attempting to prove that, or were you just trying to get the word Insightful to appear next to your post?
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Users are the ones forcing the draconian policies of IT shops to change. iPhone, then iPads are being made "exceptions" to established policies because IT shops can't say no to the huge onslaught of demand.
If it's so plain-as-day that connecting all these devices is hurting the company, why are the users being blamed instead of making the financial case and having the suits approve a no-iDevice policy?
Rather, it seems like Apple is claiming ownership the entire concept of a tablet.
Yes, you can tell how they're going after the entire concept of a tablet by the 25 specific aspects of Samsung's tablet they took issue with.
You really shouldn't develop your opinions by the headlines that fly past on a site that generates revenue from fan wars.
...I think the better assumption is that the judge has been able to see more evidence and arguments than can be summed up even a dozen Slashdot articles, and he doesn't think it's a waste of his time.
Speaking as somebody who actually has both an iPad and a Galaxy Tab and has accidentally grabbed one while reaching for the other, I'm inclined to agree. If Apple had copied a product of Samsung's as closely as the Tab resembles the iPad, Think Geek would make a killing selling torches and pitchforks.
But giving the intelligence of people (some...not all) they will ignore what Apple do and encourage them by buying apple products.
Obsessing over sensationalist headlines is not an indicator of intelligence.
My bad, I thought you meant the cost to create the content.
They cost nothing to create...
This is not true.
If the argument is supposed to be that copyrights are too long, then arguing that authors/songwriters/etc should get a real job is downright confusing.
Perhaps the creator should have demanded better compensation from the publisher when providing said work to the publisher? Or better yet, perhaps the creator shouldn't plan to make money selling copies of their work, but on actually 'creating' work.
Umm... okay, that doesn't account for the fact that some content generates revenue for years.
Yes, the issue is whether it should be locked up/monopolized by one party or allowed to the greater society for use by anyone to further expand on it.
I agree with shortening the copyright term. It's silly. However, the "it's not a real job" argument is, for lack of a better term, dumb. Cut him out of the profits generated from the content he's created and all you've done is hurt the little guy and give more money to the corps. Brilliant.
Why should somebody profit indefinitely from a work they produced years ago? It makes no sense.
Umm so why should the publisher profit indefinitely from that same work without the creator getting any of it? That makes even less sense.
Some work generates revenue for decades. Sorry, but it does. That money's going to flow somewhere, so who is better entitled to it?
Yes, it is. You can't tether unless you pay a fee. You can't stream until people stop buying the more expensive media. You can't shift media, you're expected to re-purchase the content. This is all about finding new and ingenius ways of making you hand over cash.
The phrase you're looking for is 'nickel and diming'. Start using that more regularly in a negative context and maybe we'll start seeing some change.
That didn't really have anything to do with my post, but okay, pretend I said SpiderOak instead.
The 'cloud' is a form of backup.
You're thinking of Google Docs when you should be thinking of DropBox.
Everything looks shitty compared to having the same thing for free.
If that were true the video game market would already be in ruins. Ponder on that thought for a bit before you drudge up the 'you cant compete with free!' nonsense again.
In the mean time, pirated games don't require you to call a phone number to get permission to install them, which is what the original poster was talking about.
Meh, If you don't like it, don't buy it. Instead play something else; vote with your wallet. It's not like there's a shortage of games.
Or you could do something more productive and not buy it, then tell them why you didn't buy it so they have an idea of where their 'lost sales' are really going.
It's a pity so few people remember what happened with Spore.
Yes, and though I love Siri, it would be easy to be the victim of a prank. One of my coworkers used Siri to text my boss the word 'buttface', even though the phone was locked. I can set it to require unlock, and I may have to, but it does affect the usefulness of Siri.
It's certainly not the future, it's just a silly gimmick.
No, it isn't.
There's no way AT&T is going to invest in their network! They'd have to cut back on the bullshit commercials touting how fast their 4G network is.
Every time I watch one of those commercials I wait for one more sketch where the guy goes: "I ran out of data on my plan 36 seconds ago..."
Do you think most iPhone owners know that Siri, a shinier version of the voice commands that their phones have had for years, was a cloud function that is gonna blow their little $20/250MB data plan into kingdom come?
No, they don't know that Siri will use 20 megabytes a month in an extreme case. Apparently you don't either.
This is only speculation, but the 4S came out at nearly the same time that iOS5 did. With iOS5 we got iCloud, with its slick feature being that I can shoot a photo on my iPhone and have it magically appear on my iPad later.
That said, I'm not certain that iCloud uses the cellular data connection, so maybe I'm full of crap. I probably just shot my own point in the foot so I'll try to salvage it by re-emphasizing that iOS5's arrival is from roughly the same time.
Had to work a little too hard to get friends/followers, dint'cha?
Heh, yeah, kill the patient.
Thank you for the information, I guess I should take my own advice.
Time for me to eat my humble pie.
If that switch does return, you'll notice a couple of things. 1.) The reception/coverage is better and 2.) You won't be able to use data and voice at the some time unless wifi is around.
Also, I thought about it a bit, and I'm not sure if disabling 3G will actually extend your standby time.. in theory it should but I'm unclear on that. I can say that the actual talk time using Edge seemed to use only half as much battery power. I didn't measure that scientifically, though. It was *very* noticable.
Have a good weekend.
Turning off 3G on a cell phone would disable the ability to place and receive cell phone calls, which is, after all, the primary purpose of the device.
You don't know what you're talking about.
I really am tired of this know-it-all attitude lots of people around here have. Normally I wouldn't mind, but thanks for jumping to the conclusion that I was giving him useless advice to conserve battery power. It's nice to see somebody who thinks I'm a moron come by and correct me on something and turn out to be completely wrong.
So, if you don't mind me asking, do you think you're an expert on all topics and were attempting to prove that, or were you just trying to get the word Insightful to appear next to your post?