Even more locally than that, Slashdotters leap at the chance to bitch about or defend Apple. And since Slashdot is ad supported...
I wouldn't mind, but one of the big arguments about fixating on Apple is that they're the high profile target, so they can get them to change the conditions of the workers. In some ways, it arguably worked. Okay, cool, but the problem is that topic ran cold for the last couple of months because there weren't any new Apple stories about Foxconn. So there was no new negative press helping the workers.
This topic really is about Apple and we all know the real goal of it. Meanwhile, the workers we're claiming to support are still suffering.
I dunno if I agree. The Galaxy Tab ain't bad, really. I prefer my iPad, but I don't have any real serious complaints about the Tab. It even has a few things going for it, for example I can actually get emulators through the market. Can't do that with Apple, not without jailbreaking anyway.
I do think it's a problem of marketing. If you go to Best Buy, for example, you get a nice big display of what the iPad can do for you. When you go to the next aisle, there's something like 20 machines somewhat iPad'ish in shape all with varying price-tags, but none significantly lower than the iPad. I think the casual shopper would walk past that aisle and think "ah, a failed-to-be-cheaper-clone."
Heh. Well, to be fair, that probability is a measurement of what we don't know, not what we do know, so all of the elements used in determining how probable it is that ET life exists ends with something like "hopefully..."
The point I'm getting at is that 'statistical probability' is going to change a LOT once we start getting out there. In that case, it may very well be fair to call that 'optimism'.
My bill went up AND they're showing more ads. Why you would think the only reason I could possibly be unhappy about that is if I don't understand how it works is beyond me.
Well, duh. Ads make the price cheaper, that's why they do it. It's actually a good thing until they decide they can get away with charging you AND blasting you with ads. (Time Warner, I am looking at you.)
As we all know, an ad-supported OS is soooooooooooooo much different than an ad-supported application. It's Revolutionary!
I have a machine at home that I'd like to bring back to life. If Microsoft offered an ad-supported version of 7 that didn't cost any money, I'd be very happy with that. And seeing as how that doesn't exist right now....
I like siri, I use it every day. But I really don't think it compares to Google. I think the reason it might out-perform Google in somme ways is that it has only a finite number of things it can do or look for. Google, put simply, does not.
Siri is neat but it's not hot shit. Frankly I'm dying for version 2.
7-letter lowercase password that's not a dictionary word... that's about 33 bits worth. And that's not offline bruteforceable. What kind of retarded system doesn't do *something* after a few BILLION failed login attempts?
I know next-to-nothing about password security, so please forgive the lame question: But if Hotmail's passwords can be of varying lengths and case and so forth, then why does having an all lower-case password easier to crack? Does everybody who attempts to crack your password start with all lowercase first and then when that fails start working on the mixed case?
I am seriously asking, this is all very fascinating to me.
That and we're more likely to see the effects of trouble in the beef industry than we are to actually get Mad Cow. But, hey, it's fashionable to take pot-shots at America right now.
Hi Concern! Glad you returned, I was worried I wrote all that for nothing.
We've all read actual software patents before.
The comments around here have never indicated that. I have on numerous occasions checked up on the claims of prior art made on this site. In nearly all of these cases, the wording of the patent itself made it clear that the example of prior art did not apply at all. Not only were there numerous posts, but many of them were modded up, too. Amusingly, nobody was ever there to point out exactly what in the patent made it clear that the example of prior art didn't work. It happens ALL the time here. With that in mind, I will correct one of your statements:
It's widely known how ridiculous the one sentence description of the patent is. Most of us are, you know, eager to get the word 'insightful' to appear next to our posts.
Ah, much better. So, no, I do not believe you have read any of the patents, I certainly don't believe you routinely read them when these articles come up, otherwise we wouldn't be talking in generalities.
Conclusion: Go smoke a cock, you lying astroturf PR contractor.
Classy. Just think, if you were more educated on the topic, you wouldn't need to use responses like this!:)
Good day, sir. Respond if you like, I won't read it.
"Don't bother trying to cure my ignorance!" Heh.
Look, I realize that you get your news from reading Slashdot summaries. But before you get to waving your torch and pitchfork, bear in mind that the patents this site covers are way more complex than the summaries allude to. That's hardly surprising, nobody reads the articles, let alone the patents themselves. And this site is, afterall, all about advertising, so you can expect a sensationalist spin to get you hitting the 'reply' button. Go read a few. Seriously, go find some Slashdot stories about software patents, then go read the actual patent. Yes, you'll find patent trolls, but you'll also find that many of them are obvious only in hindsight.
You won't necessarily change your mind about whether they should be abolished or not, but at least you will no longer have an extreme opinion on something you don't understand. You won't be posting any more nonsense like this: "There are hundreds of thousands of them. None of them required any investment to develop. They simply memorialize things that everyone always did... "
Isn't it interesting how the tech industry is increasingly about patents?
Not really. Technology requires an investment to develop. Once that development is done, it's easy to replicate just by observing the final product. For some reason people around here really don't understand that. I suspect sensationalist headline poisoning.
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This site really does attract a lot of assholes.
Even more locally than that, Slashdotters leap at the chance to bitch about or defend Apple. And since Slashdot is ad supported...
I wouldn't mind, but one of the big arguments about fixating on Apple is that they're the high profile target, so they can get them to change the conditions of the workers. In some ways, it arguably worked. Okay, cool, but the problem is that topic ran cold for the last couple of months because there weren't any new Apple stories about Foxconn. So there was no new negative press helping the workers.
This topic really is about Apple and we all know the real goal of it. Meanwhile, the workers we're claiming to support are still suffering.
I dunno if I agree. The Galaxy Tab ain't bad, really. I prefer my iPad, but I don't have any real serious complaints about the Tab. It even has a few things going for it, for example I can actually get emulators through the market. Can't do that with Apple, not without jailbreaking anyway.
I do think it's a problem of marketing. If you go to Best Buy, for example, you get a nice big display of what the iPad can do for you. When you go to the next aisle, there's something like 20 machines somewhat iPad'ish in shape all with varying price-tags, but none significantly lower than the iPad. I think the casual shopper would walk past that aisle and think "ah, a failed-to-be-cheaper-clone."
Heh. Actually that comment *was* Insightful.
If we're that convenient to them, it's not very likely they'll be that interested in us.
"Insightful" gives a better boost to Karma than "Funny" so a lot of mods use "Insightful" in its place.
They shouldn't. It changes the tone of the post. If the comedians really want to earn a karma point they should say something insightful.
In unrelated news, many Samsung employees are now trying to find a new place to eat.
And that would include the ads within video on demand?
It's statistical probability, you Philistine!
Heh. Well, to be fair, that probability is a measurement of what we don't know, not what we do know, so all of the elements used in determining how probable it is that ET life exists ends with something like "hopefully..."
The point I'm getting at is that 'statistical probability' is going to change a LOT once we start getting out there. In that case, it may very well be fair to call that 'optimism'.
My bill went up AND they're showing more ads. Why you would think the only reason I could possibly be unhappy about that is if I don't understand how it works is beyond me.
Nothing cheapens a product...
Well, duh. Ads make the price cheaper, that's why they do it. It's actually a good thing until they decide they can get away with charging you AND blasting you with ads. (Time Warner, I am looking at you.)
As we all know, an ad-supported OS is soooooooooooooo much different than an ad-supported application. It's Revolutionary!
I have a machine at home that I'd like to bring back to life. If Microsoft offered an ad-supported version of 7 that didn't cost any money, I'd be very happy with that. And seeing as how that doesn't exist right now....
Hah. Ouch, I deserved that. :)
Have a good week, man.
Thank you for the interesting response!
I like siri, I use it every day. But I really don't think it compares to Google. I think the reason it might out-perform Google in somme ways is that it has only a finite number of things it can do or look for. Google, put simply, does not.
Siri is neat but it's not hot shit. Frankly I'm dying for version 2.
7-letter lowercase password that's not a dictionary word... that's about 33 bits worth. And that's not offline bruteforceable. What kind of retarded system doesn't do *something* after a few BILLION failed login attempts?
I know next-to-nothing about password security, so please forgive the lame question: But if Hotmail's passwords can be of varying lengths and case and so forth, then why does having an all lower-case password easier to crack? Does everybody who attempts to crack your password start with all lowercase first and then when that fails start working on the mixed case?
I am seriously asking, this is all very fascinating to me.
If the damn thing has difficulty with one file, why can't it continue to copy all the others?
Fixed with Windows 7.
Because the Samsung clone of it isn't out yet.
That and we're more likely to see the effects of trouble in the beef industry than we are to actually get Mad Cow. But, hey, it's fashionable to take pot-shots at America right now.
I'm sorry I offended you, Concern, but I am giving you good advice.
Hi Concern! Glad you returned, I was worried I wrote all that for nothing.
We've all read actual software patents before.
The comments around here have never indicated that. I have on numerous occasions checked up on the claims of prior art made on this site. In nearly all of these cases, the wording of the patent itself made it clear that the example of prior art did not apply at all. Not only were there numerous posts, but many of them were modded up, too. Amusingly, nobody was ever there to point out exactly what in the patent made it clear that the example of prior art didn't work. It happens ALL the time here. With that in mind, I will correct one of your statements:
It's widely known how ridiculous the one sentence description of the patent is. Most of us are, you know, eager to get the word 'insightful' to appear next to our posts.
Ah, much better. So, no, I do not believe you have read any of the patents, I certainly don't believe you routinely read them when these articles come up, otherwise we wouldn't be talking in generalities.
Conclusion: Go smoke a cock, you lying astroturf PR contractor.
Classy. Just think, if you were more educated on the topic, you wouldn't need to use responses like this! :)
Good day, sir. Respond if you like, I won't read it.
"Don't bother trying to cure my ignorance!" Heh.
Look, I realize that you get your news from reading Slashdot summaries. But before you get to waving your torch and pitchfork, bear in mind that the patents this site covers are way more complex than the summaries allude to. That's hardly surprising, nobody reads the articles, let alone the patents themselves. And this site is, afterall, all about advertising, so you can expect a sensationalist spin to get you hitting the 'reply' button. Go read a few. Seriously, go find some Slashdot stories about software patents, then go read the actual patent. Yes, you'll find patent trolls, but you'll also find that many of them are obvious only in hindsight.
You won't necessarily change your mind about whether they should be abolished or not, but at least you will no longer have an extreme opinion on something you don't understand. You won't be posting any more nonsense like this: "There are hundreds of thousands of them. None of them required any investment to develop. They simply memorialize things that everyone always did... "
Ignore my advice at your own risk.
Isn't it interesting how the tech industry is increasingly about patents?
Not really. Technology requires an investment to develop. Once that development is done, it's easy to replicate just by observing the final product. For some reason people around here really don't understand that. I suspect sensationalist headline poisoning.
And by reform, I mean, abolition?
Come on guys. It never works... Let's put those dollars towards creating jobs and innovating.
It's been working great, you can tell by looking at the neat blinky thing in front of you that you used to make that post.
You're thinking of class-action lawsuits.
Now they've found a way to prove that video games cause violence!