since iOS explicitly prohibits open source development
No, it doesn't. There is a good amount of Open Source software available for iOS.
Also since the same API's exist on both architectures, it might be the first development environment where you dont have to use an emulator. you can compile/test/debug on x86 and deploy on ARM without hassle.
You would be a complete idiot, and your app would deserve to fail if you did not test/debug on both platforms, and if you did not code your application to take advantage of the different UI/UX paradigms (touch on tablet, keyboard/mouse on desktop).
I think we've got two discussions going on here: One is the fact that WOA won't let you run legacy Windows binaries, requiring you to at the very least re-compile, and hopefully rewriting your application to take advantage of the new UI/UX paradigms. As you said, this is largely an engineering problem, and a matter of getting people up off their asses to actually do the stuff.
The second discussion is on the fact that WOA stuff will ONLY be distributed through the Microsoft App Store. Which really just makes the WOA devices the same as an iPad. It remains to see if there will be some kind of unlock process like available to WP7 will be unveiled, but in the absence of such a tool, I agree with you, but at the end of the day, I don't think many people will care so long as the device works well.
Well, that and the idea that "No one ever got fired for choosing Microsoft."
There are other reasons to stick with Microsoft other than being tied to Windows. Many of the applications currently developed in stuff like.NET could easily have been done in Java, perhaps Ruby or Python, or a handful of other cross-platform languages, depending on the domain. So why.NET?
It's not just that it's slow, now they have a completely different instruction set to work with, and it would be pretty difficult and very hard on battery life to have the ARM try to emulate an x86 processor.
In addition, that would serve as a disscentive to develop new applications, and it would be horrible to run on a tablet unless you're carrying around a keyboard and mouse, as none of these applications were really designed for a touchscreen interface.
Yes, but one of the things that I've heard people praise Win8 for was the idea that you could use your existing Windows applications on a tablet. A notion that I found completely absurd, but apparently people are excited to use applications designed for a completely different input paradigm.
Lets be clear here-- its not "bible thumpers" that added a stigma to it. Its comments and thoughts which assume that any religious thought makes you a moron (no matter how well educated you are, or how well you do on tests / entrance exams).
No, the fundies have added their own stigma on it as well. There are a good number that decide to homeschool simply so they don't have to expose their children to evil thoughts like Evolution.
The attitude you described above seems far more common in public schools than with homeschoolers. But no, youre right, keep pushing that stigma.
So rather than dispute, you're just going to mock. Sounds like you were homsechooled.
I have a BS in Computer Science, switched my major from chemistry after my sophomore year, also very strong in biology, biochem, and math. No worries there.
Only if she wants to go into Computer Science. What if she wanted to go into Political Science, Biology, or Medicine?
Well, just about every study ever done on the subject does back you up. Even if the parents aren't that knowledgeable, simply being involved in the kid's schooling like you described makes them statistically much more likely to succeed.
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And many places in the real world would disagree with you. Somalia, for one.
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I'd go for the flat sales tax as the "easy" fix
It's only the "easy" fix if you don't actually care how it affects people, or don't care that it's uber regressive.
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It seems that if you were to decide to tax stocks in the same way you might tax property, you'd have fewer people willing to buy stock, and subsequently less investment in the economy.
I don't buy for a second that there would actually be a significant decline in investment.
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Are you seriously saying that they're not assigning value to those stocks when they borrow against them?
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Those options apparently had value to you at the time, hence why you took them over more regular salary.
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It does mean that you should. That's what the progressive tax system is about. Those with more money are more able to afford a tax bill than those with less.
A wealthy/rich person does not get more services (in general; let's not get overly technical about this) just because he is rich./quote.
Yes, they do. Wealthy/rich people have far more to lose, therefore they need things like police and fire protection more than the rest of us. Therefore, yes, they should be paying more in taxes.
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You don't think a rich person could afford to go to Canada to take delivery of the megayacht?
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Except now you've just shifted the tax burden from the very rich, who don't usually spend much at all of their income, to the very poor, who generally need to spend all of their income to survive.
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Stock certificates are worthless pieces of paper that only become worth something when you convince some other sucker to buy them from you for more than you paid for them.
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All you have to do is add a Bluetooth keyboard and you have that with an iPad.
since iOS explicitly prohibits open source development
No, it doesn't. There is a good amount of Open Source software available for iOS.
Also since the same API's exist on both architectures, it might be the first development environment where you dont have to use an emulator. you can compile/test/debug on x86 and deploy on ARM without hassle.
You would be a complete idiot, and your app would deserve to fail if you did not test/debug on both platforms, and if you did not code your application to take advantage of the different UI/UX paradigms (touch on tablet, keyboard/mouse on desktop).
I think we've got two discussions going on here: One is the fact that WOA won't let you run legacy Windows binaries, requiring you to at the very least re-compile, and hopefully rewriting your application to take advantage of the new UI/UX paradigms. As you said, this is largely an engineering problem, and a matter of getting people up off their asses to actually do the stuff.
The second discussion is on the fact that WOA stuff will ONLY be distributed through the Microsoft App Store. Which really just makes the WOA devices the same as an iPad. It remains to see if there will be some kind of unlock process like available to WP7 will be unveiled, but in the absence of such a tool, I agree with you, but at the end of the day, I don't think many people will care so long as the device works well.
Well, that and the idea that "No one ever got fired for choosing Microsoft."
There are other reasons to stick with Microsoft other than being tied to Windows. Many of the applications currently developed in stuff like .NET could easily have been done in Java, perhaps Ruby or Python, or a handful of other cross-platform languages, depending on the domain. So why .NET?
It's not just that it's slow, now they have a completely different instruction set to work with, and it would be pretty difficult and very hard on battery life to have the ARM try to emulate an x86 processor.
In addition, that would serve as a disscentive to develop new applications, and it would be horrible to run on a tablet unless you're carrying around a keyboard and mouse, as none of these applications were really designed for a touchscreen interface.
Yes, but one of the things that I've heard people praise Win8 for was the idea that you could use your existing Windows applications on a tablet. A notion that I found completely absurd, but apparently people are excited to use applications designed for a completely different input paradigm.
While that may be true, he still got that money in incredibly shady ways.
His new efforts should be praised, but they don't necessarily erase what he's done in the past.
Most homeschool parents don't come up with all the material on their own, you know.
Not when "better education" is code speak for "Don't teach evolution".
Lets be clear here-- its not "bible thumpers" that added a stigma to it. Its comments and thoughts which assume that any religious thought makes you a moron (no matter how well educated you are, or how well you do on tests / entrance exams).
No, the fundies have added their own stigma on it as well. There are a good number that decide to homeschool simply so they don't have to expose their children to evil thoughts like Evolution.
The attitude you described above seems far more common in public schools than with homeschoolers. But no, youre right, keep pushing that stigma.
So rather than dispute, you're just going to mock. Sounds like you were homsechooled.
Not everyone is as big of an asshole as you are.
That's a pretty shitty solution.
I have a BS in Computer Science, switched my major from chemistry after my sophomore year, also very strong in biology, biochem, and math. No worries there.
Only if she wants to go into Computer Science. What if she wanted to go into Political Science, Biology, or Medicine?
Sounds like you're actually the maladjusted person he's talking about.
This has put me in a social and financial position where I am never with people I don't like.
I find it impossible to believe that you never encounter people you don't like. Either today, or in the time leading up to today.
Well, just about every study ever done on the subject does back you up. Even if the parents aren't that knowledgeable, simply being involved in the kid's schooling like you described makes them statistically much more likely to succeed.
And many places in the real world would disagree with you. Somalia, for one.
I'd go for the flat sales tax as the "easy" fix
It's only the "easy" fix if you don't actually care how it affects people, or don't care that it's uber regressive.
It seems that if you were to decide to tax stocks in the same way you might tax property, you'd have fewer people willing to buy stock, and subsequently less investment in the economy.
I don't buy for a second that there would actually be a significant decline in investment.
Are you seriously saying that they're not assigning value to those stocks when they borrow against them?
Those options apparently had value to you at the time, hence why you took them over more regular salary.
It does mean that you should. That's what the progressive tax system is about. Those with more money are more able to afford a tax bill than those with less.
A wealthy/rich person does not get more services (in general; let's not get overly technical about this) just because he is rich./quote.
Yes, they do. Wealthy/rich people have far more to lose, therefore they need things like police and fire protection more than the rest of us. Therefore, yes, they should be paying more in taxes.
You don't think a rich person could afford to go to Canada to take delivery of the megayacht?
Except now you've just shifted the tax burden from the very rich, who don't usually spend much at all of their income, to the very poor, who generally need to spend all of their income to survive.
Stock certificates are worthless pieces of paper that only become worth something when you convince some other sucker to buy them from you for more than you paid for them.
Or when you decide to borrow against them.