Hmm, that's odd. I seem to have made money on my android app that I'm selling in the Market. This one falsehood in your post is enough to make the entire thing hogwash.
Get your facts straight before you post.
Does that mean no more '200,000 fart apps' comments?
Is this Massachusetts, UK? I ask because I'm reading this on the bbc.co.uk, and I figured if this was in the US then shouldn't this be on some Boston news website?
Wow...
Maybe Slashdot registration should include a test of cognitive skills.
Never play games on any 8-bit or 16-bit consoles, eh?
Small nitpick: 8 and 16 bit games routinely ran at 60fps. It was the 32-bit and first generation of 64-bit consoles that brought us 'cinematic' frame rates.:D
As an end user, I'd like to see an app store where liability insurance is mandatory to cover damages that users may experience from misleading or malicious closed-source apps. The insurance companies should still require source. For totally open source apps, the store should indicate if/what independent volunteer group (or one funded by a small per-app fee) has reviewed the app.
All you'd really get out of that is a false sense of security and a scapegoat to shake your finger at.
These are kindergarteners. No one ever said you should put a 5 year old in front of GTA4 for 3 hours a day and not expect any personality changes.
Karate Kid came out when I was in first grade. For a few weeks everybody on the playground was attempting swan-kicks and buying up books on karate. However, nobody I knew was suspended for fighting during that time.
I bet everyone of you has wondered at least once whether it was pronounced "skyyp" or "skyypeh" or "skip" or whatever.
And, to me, this confusion distracts the customer. Makes the company look amateur. And, makes the customer wonder about the quality and the professionalism of the compnay's services.
Yeah I know loads of people who didn't purchase Wacom tablets because they were wracking their brains over whether it's "way-comm" or "wack-umm".
A couple of years ago, I bumped into an old friend that I lost touch with. Long story short, he said that I am a completely different person than the guy he met 15 years ago.
This is a very difficult discussion to have without defining the difference between 'personality' and 'behaviour'.
I have been a pretty big hater of flash in the past. Its ability to bring a modern computer to its knees with a fucking little flash game is pretty god damn annoying.
I just wanted to mention something I noticed this weekend, anecdotally of course: I watched two episodes of X-Files (roughly 1.5 hours) on the iPhone Hulu app and only noticed a 15% or so drain on the battery. I'd be surprised if a mobile version of Flash could pull that off without co-operation from the site on the other end.
Someone who takes care of their car and understands it is infinitely less likely to do something stupid and risk destroying their car (and innocent bystanders), not to mention they're less likely to do something stupid and lose control.
This doesn't answer my question at all. What I asked was "WHY"? What's the connection? What's happening to cause this infinite drop in car accidents by auto mechanics?
Yeah, I feel your pain on that.. I've got people who respond to my posts even though I'm clear about who the intended recipient is.
I'm 32 and I've had a lot of people I want to keep in contact with come and go. They change their email addresses and I change mine and blammo they're gone forever. Most I've been able to find via facebook by following their network of connections. I don't know what Facebook's longevity is, but if it remains fairly popular over the next 10 years, I could see myself keeping in contact with a much broader group of people than I've been able to up until before I started using Facebook. Mainly this is because it's a much more intuitive way of finding people. In some ways, it's like the way computers were portrayed in the 80's. You know.. you put in a name and you find people based on their photo.
Sorry, I'm babbling because I'm tired and have no sense of when to stop typing. I will say this, though, Facebook for me has become what Linked-in should have been. I know some people see Facebook as a fad, and with good reason, but I suspect it'll be around 10 years from now and a fairly de-facto way to keep in long-term contact with people.
Why go to Facebook, and use a tortured "message" system, which THEN sends an alert email to the receiver, as well as the actual message arriving on their Facebook account!?!
It's nice for shorter messages with people you don't talk to as often and you're not sure if they've changed email addresses.
Facebook makes a lot more sense if you use it as a networking tool instead of a communications service.
Ever wonder that maybe the reason there are so many crappy drivers out there is because they don't care to know anything about the car and expect it to be a magic box that "just works"?
What exactly is the connection between understanding the mechanics of a car and being a good driver? If you were talking about the skills of a racecar driver I'd understand... but are you saying that somebody who knows how to change the oil is less likely to run a red light?
I don't know how people can doublethink away the idea that Pirates stealing 5x the number of copies being sold legitimately for a top selling game [torrentfreak.com] somehow DOESN'T hurt the industry.
So you see, Apple users can easily admit when Apple is doing something wrong, and in fact even correct you about why it is wrong - because we are thinking more rationally about the real problem, and not just about how much we hate Apple and hey here's an awesome negative article on something Apple is doing.
Heh. That reminds me of a sig I saw long ago. "The difference between a fanboy and a hater is the fanboy read the article."
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Ok. You should use FireFox. There, Im ready to be modded -5.
Hmm, that's odd. I seem to have made money on my android app that I'm selling in the Market. This one falsehood in your post is enough to make the entire thing hogwash.
Get your facts straight before you post.
Does that mean no more '200,000 fart apps' comments?
Also the first 70s-era trilogy is not really any better than the new trilogy when you look at it critically...
False.
Is this Massachusetts, UK? I ask because I'm reading this on the bbc.co.uk, and I figured if this was in the US then shouldn't this be on some Boston news website?
Wow...
Maybe Slashdot registration should include a test of cognitive skills.
Never play games on any 8-bit or 16-bit consoles, eh?
Small nitpick: 8 and 16 bit games routinely ran at 60fps. It was the 32-bit and first generation of 64-bit consoles that brought us 'cinematic' frame rates. :D
Thank you Slashdot.
Sincerely,
All your readers outside of polar areas that won't be able to see anything anyway.
I really don't understand why this is insightful. Linux stories aren't helpful to the majority, either.
Same thing that happens on a regular desktop computer.... BUT ON A PHONE! So it's new news!
You and the idiot that modded you up don't really understand that this isn't a patent story.
As an end user, I'd like to see an app store where liability insurance is mandatory to cover damages that users may experience from misleading or malicious closed-source apps. The insurance companies should still require source. For totally open source apps, the store should indicate if/what independent volunteer group (or one funded by a small per-app fee) has reviewed the app.
All you'd really get out of that is a false sense of security and a scapegoat to shake your finger at.
The iPad is EXACTLY what the PADD would have been had the Ferengi designed it instead of someone in the Federation.
So what would that make the Android tablet, Pakled?
There are terrain and weather apps right now. Two out of three!
I thought this was Slashdot: Source for technology related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues
That last bit isn't advertised anywhere.
These are kindergarteners. No one ever said you should put a 5 year old in front of GTA4 for 3 hours a day and not expect any personality changes.
Karate Kid came out when I was in first grade. For a few weeks everybody on the playground was attempting swan-kicks and buying up books on karate. However, nobody I knew was suspended for fighting during that time.
I bet everyone of you has wondered at least once whether it was pronounced "skyyp" or "skyypeh" or "skip" or whatever.
And, to me, this confusion distracts the customer. Makes the company look amateur. And, makes the customer wonder about the quality and the professionalism of the compnay's services.
Yeah I know loads of people who didn't purchase Wacom tablets because they were wracking their brains over whether it's "way-comm" or "wack-umm".
A couple of years ago, I bumped into an old friend that I lost touch with. Long story short, he said that I am a completely different person than the guy he met 15 years ago.
This is a very difficult discussion to have without defining the difference between 'personality' and 'behaviour'.
I have been a pretty big hater of flash in the past. Its ability to bring a modern computer to its knees with a fucking little flash game is pretty god damn annoying.
I just wanted to mention something I noticed this weekend, anecdotally of course: I watched two episodes of X-Files (roughly 1.5 hours) on the iPhone Hulu app and only noticed a 15% or so drain on the battery. I'd be surprised if a mobile version of Flash could pull that off without co-operation from the site on the other end.
Someone who takes care of their car and understands it is infinitely less likely to do something stupid and risk destroying their car (and innocent bystanders), not to mention they're less likely to do something stupid and lose control.
This doesn't answer my question at all. What I asked was "WHY"? What's the connection? What's happening to cause this infinite drop in car accidents by auto mechanics?
Yeah, I feel your pain on that.. I've got people who respond to my posts even though I'm clear about who the intended recipient is.
I'm 32 and I've had a lot of people I want to keep in contact with come and go. They change their email addresses and I change mine and blammo they're gone forever. Most I've been able to find via facebook by following their network of connections. I don't know what Facebook's longevity is, but if it remains fairly popular over the next 10 years, I could see myself keeping in contact with a much broader group of people than I've been able to up until before I started using Facebook. Mainly this is because it's a much more intuitive way of finding people. In some ways, it's like the way computers were portrayed in the 80's. You know.. you put in a name and you find people based on their photo.
Sorry, I'm babbling because I'm tired and have no sense of when to stop typing. I will say this, though, Facebook for me has become what Linked-in should have been. I know some people see Facebook as a fad, and with good reason, but I suspect it'll be around 10 years from now and a fairly de-facto way to keep in long-term contact with people.
Why go to Facebook, and use a tortured "message" system, which THEN sends an alert email to the receiver, as well as the actual message arriving on their Facebook account!?!
It's nice for shorter messages with people you don't talk to as often and you're not sure if they've changed email addresses.
Facebook makes a lot more sense if you use it as a networking tool instead of a communications service.
Ever wonder that maybe the reason there are so many crappy drivers out there is because they don't care to know anything about the car and expect it to be a magic box that "just works"?
What exactly is the connection between understanding the mechanics of a car and being a good driver? If you were talking about the skills of a racecar driver I'd understand... but are you saying that somebody who knows how to change the oil is less likely to run a red light?
I don't know how people can doublethink away the idea that Pirates stealing 5x the number of copies being sold legitimately for a top selling game [torrentfreak.com] somehow DOESN'T hurt the industry.
Show us the missing money.
Which is already proven to be a false report...
So? Did Slashdot add a feature where you can edit your posts today? Maybe there was an advancement in time travel?
Boy, how far would you fanbois go sucking steve's dick?
Here's a few quotes of your recent posts:
-"This beats all the apple fanbois! Boo fucking hoo." (#33158762)
-"How low you would stoop to defend apple? Wait, Is that you, Steve?" (#33158760)
-"Look, a typical steve job dick sucker." (#33158728)
-"The reality is different in apple world. Those silhouetted zombies with white earbuds are real there." (#33110202)
-"Are you this annoying even in real life? God! I hate apple fanbois more than ever." (#33158740)
So... tell us more about fanboys and dick sucking. Does Eric let you post on Slashdot with your mouth full?
So you see, Apple users can easily admit when Apple is doing something wrong, and in fact even correct you about why it is wrong - because we are thinking more rationally about the real problem, and not just about how much we hate Apple and hey here's an awesome negative article on something Apple is doing.
Heh. That reminds me of a sig I saw long ago. "The difference between a fanboy and a hater is the fanboy read the article."
It'll be fun seeing how the loyalists try to spin this one as a good thing.
They can always look at the Google and Net Neutrality thread for inspiration. :)
A Firefox extension is not the same thing as a plugin.
B.F.D.
Mythbusters also "debunked" that a soda can in a hot car could explode.
Wow, I never looked at it that way! You're right, the Hindenberg must have been fire proof!