just blew coffee out of my nose when you said Jobs is shit-scared of Android.
Up until the "porn store" comment I would have agreed that Jobs is not that scared of Android but when he goes out of his way to bash it in an unrelated keynote in such a childish manner, that's fear talking.
But the main point is that Apple does not want to fill their platform up with mediocre apps written to support the lowest common denominator feature set
But dr. Evil, that has already happened.
Apple effectively prohibits highly complex applications by limiting the types of API's that can be used. The App store is designed to be filled with simple applications with a limited (Lowest Common Denominator) feature set.
If jobs allows another company to control the development trajectories of, say, even 10% of the apps on the store, Apple can no longer plan their product change and enhancement cycles around their own timeline
So Microsoft is at the whims of which company? or Dell? Red Hat? Novell?
I'm sorry but your logic fails here as there are already several successful hardware and software companies that can maintain their own release schedules without the input or approval of software manufacturers. If Apple cant do this their is something wrong with the Apple OS, not the software that runs on it. MS for all it's flaws has been able to maintain good backwards compatibility meaning I can upgrade my OS and have almost all my programs work (I recently upgraded from XP to Win 7 at work with no problems what so ever).
Jobs is shit scared of Android, that's why the new draconian developer restrictions (and HTC patent suits), not because some [insert technical excuse here]. Fortunately or unfortunately (depending on your point of view) Adobe is going to be collateral damage unless Flash on Android/ChromeOS takes off heavily. Jobs wants to stop the Android momentum at all cost, because if he doesn't, iPhone will be the 'Mac' and Android will be the 'PC'.
It seems to be an incredibly one sided war, Google (or even MS) have not done anything underhanded towards Apple where as Apple seem to be constantly attacking Google regardless of whether their feet are in the way.
Even as an Apple "hater" as the fanboys describe me and a Google fan (not quite a fanboy, I could happily describe the problems with my Android phones, that being said, more stable then WinMo, more open then Iphone, more functionality then Symbian and RIM) I did not believe that Apple really wanted war with Google but Steve Jobs' "porn store" comment about Android changed that perception. They really are desperate if that's the best they can do, which is why I think Google are going to do nothing about Jobs' comments.
Sir I take that GUARANTEE and want my money back.
MS simply buys mice from China and gets their brand put on it. In the best case scenario they get their own designs made there (I'd put good money on MS just buying a third party design, maybe USian, maybe Japanese, might even be Chinese).
Now That factory would produce non branded mice as well, probably of the same design (regaurdless of ownership). Now I will explain the grey market to you. I could, if I were certifiably retarded have bought a "US only" Iphone 2G in Bangkok in October of 2007 at the MBK building, they were everywhere (they wanted 45,000 Baht for them, over A$1,500). How? Well you see when You order 10,000 Icraps from a Chinese factory, the factory makes 11,000 Icraps, fulfils your order for 10,000 Icraps and sells the rest on the open market for fun and profit. These go to markets in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and even as far as the Middle East.
These are essentially not copies, rather they are the real thing not made under license. Same design, same internal components, same casing, even the same box and manual. This is the grey market, called grey because it isn't illegal (black) and it isn't quite legit (white). This market is permitted in most of Asia. The same thing would be happening with MS mice, I have no doubt at a market in HK I could get a "Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse" without an MS logo.
Same reason "Linux on the desktop" stories get published. People have different viewpoints of what "crap" is.
"Linux on the desktop" stories contain actual content and usually some important advancement. This is just Apple fanboy masturbation material. I wouldnt mind so much if it actually had some kind of news (and I'm pretty liberal with this definition, one mans trash is another mans treasure) but seriously, this is just Apple arse licking.
"Minors age 16 and 17 may perform any job not declared hazardous by the Secretary, and are not subject to restrictions on hours "
In Australia, at the age of 16 you can get an apprenticeship. This means in many cases, manual labour, long working hours and often harsh environmental conditions (heat, noise, outdoors). You get the same protections as an adult worker, but not much else. You also aren't entitled to adult awards/wages until you hit 18 and finish your apprenticeship.
A 16yr old may also work a 40 hour week in a casual or full time job.
That being said, I doubt this is a 40 hour a week job for A$7.00 an hour (Probably more now, it was A$6.50 when I was 16) and at least some of the workers will be under 16. I've travelled a bit in SE Asia, many of the rural poor have a choice between working all day in subsistence farming or working in a factory for 12 hours a day. It's not a nice choice but it's a choice (and you no longer should have to wonder why prostitution is such an attractive job for an attractive poor girl, she makes in one night what would take 14 days of working, with this she can buy clothes and things western girls take for granted as well as supporting her family) and Thailand has a few more protections for workers (as long as you're not Burmese). It's not child slave labour as the article has made out.
No, this is censorship, in the truest sense of the word. This isn't mandatory censorship over all devices.
The problem here is that MSNBC and other big media publishers are permitted to publish political cartoons which do "ridicule public figures". That's what makes this form of censorship so bad.
The App store has a MSNBC app for political cartoons. How is that any different?
MSNBC have money. Apple like money.
I predicted the corporate dominance over the Apple App store some time ago (2008, when the Iphone was released in Australia), small developers are being pushed out in favour of larger developers which deliver Apple more profit and are easier to control. From my perspective the App store was designed for this from the word go.
Except unlike IBM or MS, Apple has never held a monopoly on anything. Its funny how people on Slashdot will both be quick to point out how the iPhone's market share is smaller than other smartphones yet at the same time will try to also claim that Apple is a monopoly. You can't have it both ways.
Actually, Apple has enough market share in digital audio players and online media distribution to be considered a monopoly. They are just not an abusive monopoly (I dislike Apple and I have to say this). Apple do just enough to skirt anti-trust investigations in the most consumer friendly of nations (although it took threats from the EU to make some changes in the ITMS, like the elimination of DRM).
Tell that to someone who's died in police custody due to being tasered (or tasered excessively).
And this is differnt to being beaten to death how?
The problem isn't that they were tasered to death in custody, the problem is that they died in custody. This means there is a problem with the police in charge of the prisoners safety as opposed to the weapons themselves.
If a cop wants to kill someone in custody (or anywhere else) remember the only thing stopping him or her is the fact they will be punished for it. Thus the problem is procedural, if you treat the discharge of a taser the same as the discharge of any firearm then they become significantly less lethal.
I'm waiting for the statistic that shows more people have died in custody due to tasers. I doubt this statistic exists, this is a knee-jerk reaction to isolated incidents.
Everything you describe can be fixed by treating each taser discharge the same as a firearm discharge (they already do this in Australia). If the situation does not call for a weapon to be discharged the officer in question has just ruined his career. Personally I'd rather be shot with a taser (given the pain and danger) then a 9mm pistol (something tells me that would have even more pain and danger then the taser, given gunshot wounds never heal completely). Stop using knee-jerk reaction and start thinking of the taser as an alternative to the pistol, this has worked quite well in some sane nations.
I've traveled enough to know to leave the rose tinted spectacles at home. Scum exist wherever you go in the world, and when theres riots happening, they gravitate.
As have I, and I agree about the rose tinted glasses but...
I've been to Thailand enough times that I could write a short novel on why you should never take a tuk tuk in Phuket but the fact remains, if you stay out of Thai affairs you wont get hurt. They are extremely nationalistic yet extremely accepting of foreigners (I know, it's a strange combination and I guess it's why Thailand is so unique) so if you remember that these are THAI protests for THAI people about the THAI government and that you are not THAI you'll be fine.
No it isn't. A taser is a lot less lethal then a 9mm pistol.
The assertion is that police are far more likely to use 'less' lethal weapons
First, FTFY, that's an assertion not a fact.
Second, not when a taser discharge is treated the same as other firearm discahrges by police forces. This of course requires an actual procedure in place to ensure weapon discharges are investigated, but with the Australian Police forces they are.
- heart conditions, pacemakers etc ( yes, young people can have pacemakers )
- pregnancy
- short period of time since last taser assaults ( we've all seen videos of repeated taser assaults )
So a 9mm pistol or baton is going to be much better.
The problem is procedural, abuse will occur unless each discharge is investigated. Choice of weapon doesn't matter here.
Swearing is not Tourette's Syndrome, but rather coprolalia.
I had to look that one up. It's a bit ambiguously worded. Uncontrollable swearing is not Tourette's Syndrome, it is uncontrollable tics (sudden, repetitive and non rythmic muscle movement or vocalisation). Coprolalia is the condition of uncontrollable profanity.
This is interesting as I occasional get a "tic", sudden movement in my nose or eyebrow. I don't think it's Tourettes, in fact it's hardly noticeable anyone but me.
The problem is not the Thai government, or the focus of the current riots. It is the type of person that rioting attracts
You've never been to Thailand.
What you say may be true of most nations but not SE Asia in general. the Thai population is overwhelmingly and devoutly Buddhist, they will not attack a foreigner (Farang in Thai) without any provocation. In fact the Thai's would be ashamed of a foreigner seeing the protests so they will try to direct foreigners away from it.
Thai's do not attack without provocation, however if you give certain Thai's an excuse (like the Tuk Tuk mafia in Phuket) they will, however they need an excuse or it looks worse for the attacker in Thai society. This is the whole face issue, they'll lie outright and obviously if it means avoiding a conflict which loses face in Buddhist society. Even the Muslims in the country act this way. The vast majority of Thai's will ignore a lot however. The last foreigner to get killed in a Thai coup was Australian cameraman Neil Davis in 1985, whilst filming the coup he was injured by shrapnel and died from his injuries
That being said, any foreigner getting involved in this certifiably retarded. Unlike most violent protests if you stay the hell out of the way you're fine (or just get out of Bangkok until it's over, there are lots of wonderful places within 4 hours drive of the city).
Yes, but you'll have to take a pay cut. Smaller companies cant compete on wages, so conditions are generally better. The company I'm working for now has required no overtime in the 5 months I've worked here (but I'm also bored shitless as everything is running smoothly, boredom is why I'm looking for alternate employment). Just don't become too invested in the company (shares, positions of authority and so forth) as then you will be working 60 or 80 hour weeks for little money.
You'll also have to move to Australia but for that you children get quality affordable education (public and private) and your entire family gets access to a top notch public health system for peanuts.
Not all meetings, you're entirely correct about the meetings staffed primarily by dicks of course, they are constantly measuring themselves.
As the GP said, make sure the dicks aren't there. A well planned meeting will be quite productive and generate useful work rather then everyone doing what they think they should be doing. It allows questions to be asked and answered by all involved. How many times have you asked your boss, Tom a question only to have that referred to the engineer, Adrian four hours later. In the meeting if you ask Tom about a task and he says "ask Adrian" Adrian should be able to answer that immediately, rather then tomorrow.
"Queen Isabella, that Chris Columbus fellow is asking for another audience. He's still trying to get funding for that foolhardy expedition to discover a shortcut to India by sailing WEST! I beg of you, please don't divert any funding from the domestic programs. Odds are it'll just be a waste of gold and the fool will just get himself killed."
And the sheer number of Spanish doubloons that lie on the bottom of the Atlantic say what about the rate of success.
I'm in favour of a space program but...
1. America has 2 wars, extreme unemployment (for the US) and a national debt that is climbing. You have bigger things to worry about.
2. We've pretty much hit the ceiling on existing manned space technology. Until a new form of lift technology (amongst other things) is developed we can do more by sending un-manned vehicles into the cosmos.
. Summer Glau for the female sidekick? (More of a Purdy than a Mrs Peel, I think, but she can do a good bad English accent and beat people up, so what's not to like).
If this was Victoria's day, your head would be put on a pike for suggesting that horrible, shrill accent she did in Firefly could be considered "English".
Except the studio has already factored in RDj's inevitable self-destruction after Iron Man 2. By the time The Avenger's starts shooting, they'll have him down to a box of crackers and a prepaid Starbucks card.
One year? You think this announcement was made in the same month as development started?
So you're saying it's going to take more then a year to produce 6 hours of content.
In all seriousness, games do not need to be big budget in order to be good. Sins of a Solar Empire was produced in 17 months on a budget of less then 1 million US dollars and was a huge success for Stardock. 1 Mil may be a bit low but 40 mil is way to high. Something the size of Modern Warfare should have been produced on no more then 15 mil, given it's last generation graphics on PC and incredibly short single player campaign.
And how do you measure survival in a singleplayer game?
If people still want to play it in 10 years time. I still pop in the Deus Ex (1999) disk now and then (Played multiplayer once over dial-up, it was crap), the original Half-Life(1998) which had excellent multiplayer by all accounts but like many others I've never played it and System Shock 2 (1998) which didn't really have multiplayer at all. These games are still in demand due to the originality of their stories and strength of their gameplay, 10 years on and I'm still finding new ways to play System Shock 2 and Deus Ex.
GOW, Killzone, Halo and so forth are practically the same game with different coats of paint and are really quite weak in the gameplay department. They just don't have replayability and that, sir is how you measure survival in a single player game, a player wants to finish it several times, the pinnacle of this is several times a year.
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Up until the "porn store" comment I would have agreed that Jobs is not that scared of Android but when he goes out of his way to bash it in an unrelated keynote in such a childish manner, that's fear talking.
But dr. Evil, that has already happened.
Apple effectively prohibits highly complex applications by limiting the types of API's that can be used. The App store is designed to be filled with simple applications with a limited (Lowest Common Denominator) feature set.
So Microsoft is at the whims of which company? or Dell? Red Hat? Novell?
I'm sorry but your logic fails here as there are already several successful hardware and software companies that can maintain their own release schedules without the input or approval of software manufacturers. If Apple cant do this their is something wrong with the Apple OS, not the software that runs on it. MS for all it's flaws has been able to maintain good backwards compatibility meaning I can upgrade my OS and have almost all my programs work (I recently upgraded from XP to Win 7 at work with no problems what so ever).
It seems to be an incredibly one sided war, Google (or even MS) have not done anything underhanded towards Apple where as Apple seem to be constantly attacking Google regardless of whether their feet are in the way.
Even as an Apple "hater" as the fanboys describe me and a Google fan (not quite a fanboy, I could happily describe the problems with my Android phones, that being said, more stable then WinMo, more open then Iphone, more functionality then Symbian and RIM) I did not believe that Apple really wanted war with Google but Steve Jobs' "porn store" comment about Android changed that perception. They really are desperate if that's the best they can do, which is why I think Google are going to do nothing about Jobs' comments.
Sir I take that GUARANTEE and want my money back. MS simply buys mice from China and gets their brand put on it. In the best case scenario they get their own designs made there (I'd put good money on MS just buying a third party design, maybe USian, maybe Japanese, might even be Chinese). Now That factory would produce non branded mice as well, probably of the same design (regaurdless of ownership). Now I will explain the grey market to you. I could, if I were certifiably retarded have bought a "US only" Iphone 2G in Bangkok in October of 2007 at the MBK building, they were everywhere (they wanted 45,000 Baht for them, over A$1,500). How? Well you see when You order 10,000 Icraps from a Chinese factory, the factory makes 11,000 Icraps, fulfils your order for 10,000 Icraps and sells the rest on the open market for fun and profit. These go to markets in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and even as far as the Middle East.
These are essentially not copies, rather they are the real thing not made under license. Same design, same internal components, same casing, even the same box and manual. This is the grey market, called grey because it isn't illegal (black) and it isn't quite legit (white). This market is permitted in most of Asia. The same thing would be happening with MS mice, I have no doubt at a market in HK I could get a "Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse" without an MS logo.
"Linux on the desktop" stories contain actual content and usually some important advancement. This is just Apple fanboy masturbation material. I wouldnt mind so much if it actually had some kind of news (and I'm pretty liberal with this definition, one mans trash is another mans treasure) but seriously, this is just Apple arse licking.
In Australia, at the age of 16 you can get an apprenticeship. This means in many cases, manual labour, long working hours and often harsh environmental conditions (heat, noise, outdoors). You get the same protections as an adult worker, but not much else. You also aren't entitled to adult awards/wages until you hit 18 and finish your apprenticeship.
A 16yr old may also work a 40 hour week in a casual or full time job.
That being said, I doubt this is a 40 hour a week job for A$7.00 an hour (Probably more now, it was A$6.50 when I was 16) and at least some of the workers will be under 16. I've travelled a bit in SE Asia, many of the rural poor have a choice between working all day in subsistence farming or working in a factory for 12 hours a day. It's not a nice choice but it's a choice (and you no longer should have to wonder why prostitution is such an attractive job for an attractive poor girl, she makes in one night what would take 14 days of working, with this she can buy clothes and things western girls take for granted as well as supporting her family) and Thailand has a few more protections for workers (as long as you're not Burmese). It's not child slave labour as the article has made out.
The article is in a tabloid, tabloids aren't know for accuracy. Now it's published she can sue for the "suffering" mentioned in the tabloid.
Call me a cynic but this seems a prelude to another McDonalds Coffee lawsuit.
No, this is censorship, in the truest sense of the word. This isn't mandatory censorship over all devices.
The problem here is that MSNBC and other big media publishers are permitted to publish political cartoons which do "ridicule public figures". That's what makes this form of censorship so bad.
MSNBC have money. Apple like money.
I predicted the corporate dominance over the Apple App store some time ago (2008, when the Iphone was released in Australia), small developers are being pushed out in favour of larger developers which deliver Apple more profit and are easier to control. From my perspective the App store was designed for this from the word go.
Actually, Apple has enough market share in digital audio players and online media distribution to be considered a monopoly. They are just not an abusive monopoly (I dislike Apple and I have to say this). Apple do just enough to skirt anti-trust investigations in the most consumer friendly of nations (although it took threats from the EU to make some changes in the ITMS, like the elimination of DRM).
But it's well known that Nintendo have a lot of money, Econostool not so much.
And this is differnt to being beaten to death how?
The problem isn't that they were tasered to death in custody, the problem is that they died in custody. This means there is a problem with the police in charge of the prisoners safety as opposed to the weapons themselves.
If a cop wants to kill someone in custody (or anywhere else) remember the only thing stopping him or her is the fact they will be punished for it. Thus the problem is procedural, if you treat the discharge of a taser the same as the discharge of any firearm then they become significantly less lethal.
I'm waiting for the statistic that shows more people have died in custody due to tasers. I doubt this statistic exists, this is a knee-jerk reaction to isolated incidents.
Everything you describe can be fixed by treating each taser discharge the same as a firearm discharge (they already do this in Australia). If the situation does not call for a weapon to be discharged the officer in question has just ruined his career. Personally I'd rather be shot with a taser (given the pain and danger) then a 9mm pistol (something tells me that would have even more pain and danger then the taser, given gunshot wounds never heal completely). Stop using knee-jerk reaction and start thinking of the taser as an alternative to the pistol, this has worked quite well in some sane nations.
As have I, and I agree about the rose tinted glasses but...
I've been to Thailand enough times that I could write a short novel on why you should never take a tuk tuk in Phuket but the fact remains, if you stay out of Thai affairs you wont get hurt. They are extremely nationalistic yet extremely accepting of foreigners (I know, it's a strange combination and I guess it's why Thailand is so unique) so if you remember that these are THAI protests for THAI people about the THAI government and that you are not THAI you'll be fine.
No it isn't. A taser is a lot less lethal then a 9mm pistol.
First, FTFY, that's an assertion not a fact.
Second, not when a taser discharge is treated the same as other firearm discahrges by police forces. This of course requires an actual procedure in place to ensure weapon discharges are investigated, but with the Australian Police forces they are.
So a 9mm pistol or baton is going to be much better.
The problem is procedural, abuse will occur unless each discharge is investigated. Choice of weapon doesn't matter here.
I had to look that one up. It's a bit ambiguously worded. Uncontrollable swearing is not Tourette's Syndrome, it is uncontrollable tics (sudden, repetitive and non rythmic muscle movement or vocalisation). Coprolalia is the condition of uncontrollable profanity.
This is interesting as I occasional get a "tic", sudden movement in my nose or eyebrow. I don't think it's Tourettes, in fact it's hardly noticeable anyone but me.
I've never heard of a Texan doing anything quietly.
You've never been to Thailand.
What you say may be true of most nations but not SE Asia in general. the Thai population is overwhelmingly and devoutly Buddhist, they will not attack a foreigner (Farang in Thai) without any provocation. In fact the Thai's would be ashamed of a foreigner seeing the protests so they will try to direct foreigners away from it.
Thai's do not attack without provocation, however if you give certain Thai's an excuse (like the Tuk Tuk mafia in Phuket) they will, however they need an excuse or it looks worse for the attacker in Thai society. This is the whole face issue, they'll lie outright and obviously if it means avoiding a conflict which loses face in Buddhist society. Even the Muslims in the country act this way. The vast majority of Thai's will ignore a lot however. The last foreigner to get killed in a Thai coup was Australian cameraman Neil Davis in 1985, whilst filming the coup he was injured by shrapnel and died from his injuries
That being said, any foreigner getting involved in this certifiably retarded. Unlike most violent protests if you stay the hell out of the way you're fine (or just get out of Bangkok until it's over, there are lots of wonderful places within 4 hours drive of the city).
I think this can be best summed up in three sentences.
You have the right to say what you want.
You can and will be held responsible for what you say (coercion, extortion, the proverbial "fire in a crowded theatre").
You do not have the right to hide behind a shield of anonymity under these scenarios.
Free speech is a good thing(TM) but not as the yanks have it, you need to have more responsibility with free speech.
I wish people would stop using that phrase, by Australian standards it's always a cold day in hell, 9 C.
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For comparison it's 21 C and raining here in Perth, this is considered cold.
Damn
Yes, but you'll have to take a pay cut. Smaller companies cant compete on wages, so conditions are generally better. The company I'm working for now has required no overtime in the 5 months I've worked here (but I'm also bored shitless as everything is running smoothly, boredom is why I'm looking for alternate employment). Just don't become too invested in the company (shares, positions of authority and so forth) as then you will be working 60 or 80 hour weeks for little money.
You'll also have to move to Australia but for that you children get quality affordable education (public and private) and your entire family gets access to a top notch public health system for peanuts.
Not all meetings, you're entirely correct about the meetings staffed primarily by dicks of course, they are constantly measuring themselves.
As the GP said, make sure the dicks aren't there. A well planned meeting will be quite productive and generate useful work rather then everyone doing what they think they should be doing. It allows questions to be asked and answered by all involved. How many times have you asked your boss, Tom a question only to have that referred to the engineer, Adrian four hours later. In the meeting if you ask Tom about a task and he says "ask Adrian" Adrian should be able to answer that immediately, rather then tomorrow.
And the sheer number of Spanish doubloons that lie on the bottom of the Atlantic say what about the rate of success.
I'm in favour of a space program but...
1. America has 2 wars, extreme unemployment (for the US) and a national debt that is climbing. You have bigger things to worry about.
2. We've pretty much hit the ceiling on existing manned space technology. Until a new form of lift technology (amongst other things) is developed we can do more by sending un-manned vehicles into the cosmos.
If this was Victoria's day, your head would be put on a pike for suggesting that horrible, shrill accent she did in Firefly could be considered "English".
Good day to you sir.
And a can of fortified wine.
So you're saying it's going to take more then a year to produce 6 hours of content.
In all seriousness, games do not need to be big budget in order to be good. Sins of a Solar Empire was produced in 17 months on a budget of less then 1 million US dollars and was a huge success for Stardock. 1 Mil may be a bit low but 40 mil is way to high. Something the size of Modern Warfare should have been produced on no more then 15 mil, given it's last generation graphics on PC and incredibly short single player campaign.
If people still want to play it in 10 years time. I still pop in the Deus Ex (1999) disk now and then (Played multiplayer once over dial-up, it was crap), the original Half-Life(1998) which had excellent multiplayer by all accounts but like many others I've never played it and System Shock 2 (1998) which didn't really have multiplayer at all. These games are still in demand due to the originality of their stories and strength of their gameplay, 10 years on and I'm still finding new ways to play System Shock 2 and Deus Ex.
GOW, Killzone, Halo and so forth are practically the same game with different coats of paint and are really quite weak in the gameplay department. They just don't have replayability and that, sir is how you measure survival in a single player game, a player wants to finish it several times, the pinnacle of this is several times a year.