If people kept going back to BHC over and over again for months until its box office receipts were comically high, you might just have to concede that the general public thought it was better.
They'll do their best, of course, but you're free to point me where in the terms of service they define their guaranteed backup retention policies for the user.
They don't. However, GMail, Picasa, and Youtube are all ad-supported. This means they have a fiscal incentive to keep you and everybody else from losing your data. It is not what you're asking for, but it is an important point.
Yeah really, and the iPhone 6 will have some 3.5" 600dpi OLED at a pixel resolution beyond the range of current GPUs to comprehend, but will run fine on the phone anyway. And the $2,700 17" MacBook Pro base model will only have a 2560x1600 display in glossy. Matte will cost you $100 more.
And because Apple will lead the charge, the competition to try to catch up.
They are written on machines that aren't locked down like iOS. You cannot, for example, create an iPhone app from the iPhone or any other iOS device. Nothing is created on iOS devices because Apple explicitly forbids running 'execeutable' types of data.
If Apple wanted to do it, they could. The only thing keeping them from doing it is momentum of public will.
That and the fact that OSX wasn't designed to run in such a restricted mode. The customers would not be able to run anything they have now!
Nobody has really thought through the ramifications of trying to actually maintain something like a desktop OS with iOS'ish restrictions. Can't be done. What can be done is to make a desktop or laptop version of iOS. When that day comes and people actually accept it, great. But what then, are Windows machines going to be the development machines of choice?
And how is all of this supposed to work if you cannot execute anything?
Seriously, take a moment to think through how the content to consume on these locked down Macs is supposed to be made. Also think about how osx will behave for the user when things like scripts no longer work. The damn thing won't be able to even log in.
This whole theory doesn't pass the practicality test.
The slow, but inevitable slide to Mac OS X being locked down in the exact same way that iOS is.
Wake me when they actually make it so you cannot execute scripts in OSX. Bonus points if you can explain how you're gonna make Flash movies or do any sort of programming on a Mac with iOS-like restrictions.
Is that why a site like the Digg makes you click a link that opens a new window? (Example.) That's usually where I get annoyed by it. I have to right click and hit 'open' to get it to stay in the same tab. Lots of forums do that, too. I don't feel like this is due to a technical reason, it feels like they want their page to stay up longer.
People did that for Episode I, also. Are all Star Wars fans George-worshipping virgins or is there a small visible subset that do things we don't understand?
Before we get onto the topic of 'reality distortion field', a sense of perspective should be established.
The other thing it gains is that they don't have to support unlocking the game in perpetuity. I'm surprised companies like EA haven't figured out that their profits would go up if they didn't have to support a call center for people who installed Spore more than 5 times.
You're not really good at reading comprehension, or understanding shades of gray, are you?
That problem is not on my end. Here is an example of your idea of a shade of gray: "You see (and apparently, I have to explain this to you), there are so many other things one can do in life that don't involve watching television. There are so many things to do, so many ways to develop, so many kinds of lives that can be lived. Being an idiot who spends hours every day watching television, and who feels like he has to own every idiotic shiny box for sale is only one of them. It's not important." If this were a painting it'd be of a barcode.
Do you understand? No, probably not. You are too interested in "winning" an argument instead of understanding a point of view.
Fascinating. Speaking of shades of gray and points of view, you have no idea how much TV I actually watch. Although if you had been civilized enough to attempt to use that question mark key on your keyboard, the answer would have had a detrimental impact on your argument.
You assume "elitism" (whatever the hell that is) simply because I do not share your world view.
I am guessing that you didn't spend any of your self-improvement free-time looking up commonly used words and understanding their meaning. Pity, because if you did, you would understand how you are coming across right now.
Most people in the world do not feel the need to spend their lives glued in front of a television set. But, I guess they are all "elitists" to you, too.
Heh. No, just the ones that shout loudly about how dumb everybody that watches TV is. I give extra credit to those who obviously watch a lot of TV anyway and still have the nerve to criticize others.
You see, there is a world of difference between "don't be like the mass of sheep watching television and buying all the latest stupid gadgets" and "be like me"... Get over yourself.
You would have a point if that was what you said originally. But, you didn't, so here we are.
You see (and apparently, I have to explain this to you), there are so many other things one can do in life that don't involve watching television.
I see threeothercomments where you're making references to other TV shows. How long have you been showing symptoms of hypocrisy?
Of course, I'm sure you will intentionally misunderstand this in a feeble attempt to inflate your own ego.
This statement is amusing given the elitist post it is contained within.
So is posting on Slashdot with your shiny computer about how much more productive your free-time is what you do with your free-time?
This complaint has been going on since the TV was invented. Yet, we all still have our DVRs and our shows that you dare not criticize.
The problem isn't that there's nothing on, the problem is how you measure it. "I have 500 channels and only watch 6 of them. 6 / 500 = 0.012, that's almost zero!~!!!1"
I wouldn't mind, but really, both my dad and my grandfather said this sort of thing.
If I had it to do over again I would have asked for a clarification of how he was using the word 'pirate'. Are we discussing infringement or theft? I thought he meant the latter.
Slashdot Mirror
Are you against Netflix streaming, too?
If people kept going back to BHC over and over again for months until its box office receipts were comically high, you might just have to concede that the general public thought it was better.
So where is the best place to start? At the pole?
But but but we need SOMETHING to bitch about so we can forget about the infected apps in the Android store!
They'll do their best, of course, but you're free to point me where in the terms of service they define their guaranteed backup retention policies for the user.
They don't. However, GMail, Picasa, and Youtube are all ad-supported. This means they have a fiscal incentive to keep you and everybody else from losing your data. It is not what you're asking for, but it is an important point.
That would be bad writing if that were the case. Where's a bio-organic compound going to store the electrical energy something like that will need?
No no, N900 fans are the underdog! Their attempts to convert the unfaithful are protected here.
Yeah really, and the iPhone 6 will have some 3.5" 600dpi OLED at a pixel resolution beyond the range of current GPUs to comprehend, but will run fine on the phone anyway. And the $2,700 17" MacBook Pro base model will only have a 2560x1600 display in glossy. Matte will cost you $100 more.
And because Apple will lead the charge, the competition to try to catch up.
FTFY.
How are apps developed for iOS?
They are written on machines that aren't locked down like iOS. You cannot, for example, create an iPhone app from the iPhone or any other iOS device. Nothing is created on iOS devices because Apple explicitly forbids running 'execeutable' types of data.
If Apple wanted to do it, they could. The only thing keeping them from doing it is momentum of public will.
That and the fact that OSX wasn't designed to run in such a restricted mode. The customers would not be able to run anything they have now!
Nobody has really thought through the ramifications of trying to actually maintain something like a desktop OS with iOS'ish restrictions. Can't be done. What can be done is to make a desktop or laptop version of iOS. When that day comes and people actually accept it, great. But what then, are Windows machines going to be the development machines of choice?
And how is all of this supposed to work if you cannot execute anything?
Seriously, take a moment to think through how the content to consume on these locked down Macs is supposed to be made. Also think about how osx will behave for the user when things like scripts no longer work. The damn thing won't be able to even log in.
This whole theory doesn't pass the practicality test.
at least, we hope not (yet).
Wouldn't it be pretty trivial to do a byte-by-byte comparison of a machine that's infected and one that isn't?
The slow, but inevitable slide to Mac OS X being locked down in the exact same way that iOS is.
Wake me when they actually make it so you cannot execute scripts in OSX. Bonus points if you can explain how you're gonna make Flash movies or do any sort of programming on a Mac with iOS-like restrictions.
Is that why a site like the Digg makes you click a link that opens a new window? (Example.) That's usually where I get annoyed by it. I have to right click and hit 'open' to get it to stay in the same tab. Lots of forums do that, too. I don't feel like this is due to a technical reason, it feels like they want their page to stay up longer.
People did that for Episode I, also. Are all Star Wars fans George-worshipping virgins or is there a small visible subset that do things we don't understand?
Before we get onto the topic of 'reality distortion field', a sense of perspective should be established.
Apple still ends up paying the developers more than the competition.
That's a charicature you built from reading Slashdot headlines.
Stop making links open new tabs. Let me decide when to use a tab and when I want it to just be a back-button away!
( Sorry, I admit I didn't really have anything productive to add to this particular discussion. )
The other thing it gains is that they don't have to support unlocking the game in perpetuity. I'm surprised companies like EA haven't figured out that their profits would go up if they didn't have to support a call center for people who installed Spore more than 5 times.
You're not really good at reading comprehension, or understanding shades of gray, are you?
That problem is not on my end. Here is an example of your idea of a shade of gray: "You see (and apparently, I have to explain this to you), there are so many other things one can do in life that don't involve watching television. There are so many things to do, so many ways to develop, so many kinds of lives that can be lived. Being an idiot who spends hours every day watching television, and who feels like he has to own every idiotic shiny box for sale is only one of them. It's not important." If this were a painting it'd be of a barcode.
Do you understand? No, probably not. You are too interested in "winning" an argument instead of understanding a point of view.
Fascinating. Speaking of shades of gray and points of view, you have no idea how much TV I actually watch. Although if you had been civilized enough to attempt to use that question mark key on your keyboard, the answer would have had a detrimental impact on your argument.
You assume "elitism" (whatever the hell that is) simply because I do not share your world view.
I am guessing that you didn't spend any of your self-improvement free-time looking up commonly used words and understanding their meaning. Pity, because if you did, you would understand how you are coming across right now.
Most people in the world do not feel the need to spend their lives glued in front of a television set. But, I guess they are all "elitists" to you, too.
Heh. No, just the ones that shout loudly about how dumb everybody that watches TV is. I give extra credit to those who obviously watch a lot of TV anyway and still have the nerve to criticize others.
You see, there is a world of difference between "don't be like the mass of sheep watching television and buying all the latest stupid gadgets" and "be like me"... Get over yourself.
You would have a point if that was what you said originally. But, you didn't, so here we are.
You see (and apparently, I have to explain this to you), there are so many other things one can do in life that don't involve watching television.
I see three other comments where you're making references to other TV shows. How long have you been showing symptoms of hypocrisy?
Of course, I'm sure you will intentionally misunderstand this in a feeble attempt to inflate your own ego.
This statement is amusing given the elitist post it is contained within.
So is posting on Slashdot with your shiny computer about how much more productive your free-time is what you do with your free-time?
Just because you are a stupid, bleating sheep doesn't mean everyone else is.
In other words, don't be a sheep, be like me.
That's a bad idea. Slashdotters are allergic to the word 'cloud'. They'd revolt!
This complaint has been going on since the TV was invented. Yet, we all still have our DVRs and our shows that you dare not criticize.
The problem isn't that there's nothing on, the problem is how you measure it. "I have 500 channels and only watch 6 of them. 6 / 500 = 0.012, that's almost zero!~!!!1"
I wouldn't mind, but really, both my dad and my grandfather said this sort of thing.
Eh, I suppose, but that takes a huge bite out of his statement.
If I had it to do over again I would have asked for a clarification of how he was using the word 'pirate'. Are we discussing infringement or theft? I thought he meant the latter.