What's good for Microsoft is good for the rest of the world. Microsoft's trademark on "Windows" as an operating system name is problematic at best and Microsoft has lost a few important cases trying to protect this. (Remember the Lindows debacle?) These same cases that Microsoft lost are extremely relevant to Apple's claims.
Considering their own trademark history I can see why Microsoft wants the courts to come down on Apple with their "App Store" nonsense. They have every right to do this and I don't see why we all shouldn't support Microsoft in this endeavor. It will only help us all, not just Microsoft. Besides, what Apple wants is just nonsense!
I say let the large companies battle it out. This is one of the good things about capitalism!
I find this to be my single biggest gripe about touchscreeens. I simply hate typing on them. I have almost thrown my EVO into a wall because of this sooooo many times.
Yes, you are correct about the kernels. However, Windows CE is still "Windows" and it ran on ARM. Also, some.NET applications for the CE platform can run on Windows 7/Vista/etc. (and vice versa) as is (i.e. without recompiling)---further blurring the Windows on ARM distinction.
I don't see what the big deal is. Has anyone heard of Windows CE or Windows Embedded? These versions of Windows ran on non-Intel platforms, including ARM. I know people like to bash Microsoft, but did everyone forget what Windows Mobile and Windows Phone are? They are just mobile (i.e. stripped down) versions of Windows XP. Just like these versions, I doubt that we will see any virtualization that will let you run x86 software on it. Everything will need to be recompiled, just like Windows CE.
Deferring any maintenance can have calamitous effects.
I fail to see why this is newsworthy? Is it just because IT people whine louder? If you are in the US---just look around. Infrastructure systems are crumbling away because of "deferred maintenance". It's not just IT. It's roads, bridges, state governments, municipalities, houses, businesses---it'severything!
Is a cell phone any device that can connect to the cellular network? What about WLAN equipped laptops? Is a cell phone any portable device that can make phone calls? Any laptop with Skype or other VOIP software would fit this definition.
Well, that's ok. I am flabbergasted by *your* attitude that a theoretical physics is not part of astronomy. After all, Einstein had nothing to do with astronomy. (roll eyes for sarcastic effect) Einstein's theories on relativity, alone, have altered astronomy and cosmology profoundly.
By the way, I am a scientist/engineer who is very aware is "only so many scientists in the world". I am also acutely aware of how broken the research system is and how myopic researchers can be when looking for new things. Careful evaluation and trying to put the pieces together just doesn't get the grant money.
Sure, science is not a glorious profession, but within the science realm certain activities are more glorious than others. It's hard to piece things together and it's far too easy to simply look at new things all of the time---especially if it makes a pretty grant application.
There are so many things to discuss about this. I just want to extend kudos to Peter Jalowiczor for his discoveries. I also want to extend contempt for the researchers for sitting on their data for years on end.
As an aside... I really believe that all government funded research should require that the data be published in a timely fashion (i.e. they are put in a repository that automatically gives everyone access xx weeks after it is collected).
Yo! astronomers. Sure it's sexy to have a telescope that is bigger than everyone else. Sure, it looks cool to be perched under the eyepiece. But when a gas company worker puts you to shame by (gasp!) reviewing data that was relegated to the "uncool" pile as you eagerly pen the next grant application, I have to wonder: Maybe we are spending too much money on some of these astronomers! Maybe scientists need to be a little more frugal and review the data already collected. After all, when Albert Einstein came to Princeton all he asked for was some pencils, paper, and a waste paper basket.
How is this any different than giving a vagrant your spare change for food---which is then later spent on liquor? I don't know if PJ is a good attorney (or one at all), but she seriously needs one. If she want's to ensure that what she does is for a good cause, get a binding agreement or contract to enforce her wishes or profit by it.
Don't be surprised that this keeps happening. Writing reliable software as mundane as the clock routines just isn't going to impress anyone. Everyone assumes that the existing, broken & untested date time routines works fine. We all know what happens when you make an assumption...
Well, you, MichaelKristopeit330, are ignorant. I am in no way being supportive of anyone who is doing this "morally bankrupt" thing. Honestly, you are simply a dunce if you cannot grasp this.
If I must spell it out for you, in English, when you state "just morally bankrupt" it is the same thing as saying it is "exactly morally bankrupt". It emphasizes the statement that it is "morally bankrupt". It's a simple declarative sentence that you, being an imbecile, cannot seem to grasp.
If you are a native English speaker, you should go back to your elementary school and ask them to provide rudimentary teaching on vocabulary, grammar and logic. If English is a second language, please, find someone who can explain this to you in your native language.
Etymology: just adj.: compare adverbial use of French juste.
1. Exactly, precisely; verily, actually; closely: cf. even adv. 6. Formerly often even just. Qualifying a prep., adv., or adv. phr.; or an adj., pron., or n. ***
Perhaps you should master the language before you criticize its precise usage.
I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. But I am sick of "ignorant hypocrite"-spouting buffoons like you.
What part of "anyone" or "any party" don't you understand? If the Republicans, Independents, Whigs, Progressive Bull Moose, or even *YOU* did this, it's just wrong, too. I only mentioned the Democrats because it was the subject of the original posting (check the title).
Just crawl back under the idealistic, Republican-bashing, Democrat suckling rock you crawled out from and think a little before you open your own ignorant mouth.
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What's good for Microsoft is good for the rest of the world. Microsoft's trademark on "Windows" as an operating system name is problematic at best and Microsoft has lost a few important cases trying to protect this. (Remember the Lindows debacle?) These same cases that Microsoft lost are extremely relevant to Apple's claims.
Considering their own trademark history I can see why Microsoft wants the courts to come down on Apple with their "App Store" nonsense. They have every right to do this and I don't see why we all shouldn't support Microsoft in this endeavor. It will only help us all, not just Microsoft. Besides, what Apple wants is just nonsense!
I say let the large companies battle it out. This is one of the good things about capitalism!
Well, The Mac is just an expensive PCs and OS X is based on BSD. So, what's your point?
I find this to be my single biggest gripe about touchscreeens. I simply hate typing on them.
I have almost thrown my EVO into a wall because of this sooooo many times.
Yes, you are correct about the kernels. However, Windows CE is still "Windows" and it ran on ARM. Also, some .NET applications for the CE platform can run on Windows 7/Vista/etc. (and vice versa) as is (i.e. without recompiling)---further blurring the Windows on ARM distinction.
I don't see what the big deal is. Has anyone heard of Windows CE or Windows Embedded? These versions of Windows ran on non-Intel platforms, including ARM.
I know people like to bash Microsoft, but did everyone forget what Windows Mobile and Windows Phone are? They are just mobile (i.e. stripped down) versions of Windows XP. Just like these versions, I doubt that we will see any virtualization that will let you run x86 software on it. Everything will need to be recompiled, just like Windows CE.
Well, they may have captured the bird, but I doubt they can make him talk. He's no stool pigeon.
Ba-dum. Cha!
Deferring any maintenance can have calamitous effects.
I fail to see why this is newsworthy? Is it just because IT people whine louder?
If you are in the US---just look around. Infrastructure systems are crumbling away because of "deferred maintenance". It's not just IT. It's roads, bridges, state governments, municipalities, houses, businesses---it'severything!
I have to wonder which kind of employee Ben Horowitz's superiors thought he was.
I just love our government.
So how long until they try to blame this on Wikileaks or Assange?
Is a cell phone any device that can connect to the cellular network? What about WLAN equipped laptops?
Is a cell phone any portable device that can make phone calls? Any laptop with Skype or other VOIP software would fit this definition.
Well, that's ok. I am flabbergasted by *your* attitude that a theoretical physics is not part of astronomy. After all, Einstein had nothing to do with astronomy. (roll eyes for sarcastic effect) Einstein's theories on relativity, alone, have altered astronomy and cosmology profoundly.
By the way, I am a scientist/engineer who is very aware is "only so many scientists in the world". I am also acutely aware of how broken the research system is and how myopic researchers can be when looking for new things. Careful evaluation and trying to put the pieces together just doesn't get the grant money.
Sure, science is not a glorious profession, but within the science realm certain activities are more glorious than others. It's hard to piece things together and it's far too easy to simply look at new things all of the time---especially if it makes a pretty grant application.
There are so many things to discuss about this. I just want to extend kudos to Peter Jalowiczor for his discoveries. I also want to extend contempt for the researchers for sitting on their data for years on end.
As an aside...
I really believe that all government funded research should require that the data be published in a timely fashion (i.e. they are put in a repository that automatically gives everyone access xx weeks after it is collected).
Yo! astronomers. Sure it's sexy to have a telescope that is bigger than everyone else. Sure, it looks cool to be perched under the eyepiece. But when a gas company worker puts you to shame by (gasp!) reviewing data that was relegated to the "uncool" pile as you eagerly pen the next grant application, I have to wonder:
Maybe we are spending too much money on some of these astronomers! Maybe scientists need to be a little more frugal and review the data already collected. After all, when Albert Einstein came to Princeton all he asked for was some pencils, paper, and a waste paper basket.
How is this any different than giving a vagrant your spare change for food---which is then later spent on liquor?
I don't know if PJ is a good attorney (or one at all), but she seriously needs one. If she want's to ensure that what she does is for a good cause, get a binding agreement or contract to enforce her wishes or profit by it.
It just works...if it's approved, and if you hold it the right way, and if don't mind being late, and ...
Don't be surprised that this keeps happening. Writing reliable software as mundane as the clock routines just isn't going to impress anyone. Everyone assumes that the existing, broken & untested date time routines works fine. We all know what happens when you make an assumption...
The point is that the iOS time routines are unreliable. You need a redundant clock/alarm that doesn't run on iOS.
Well, you, MichaelKristopeit330, are ignorant. I am in no way being supportive of anyone who is doing this "morally bankrupt" thing. Honestly, you are simply a dunce if you cannot grasp this.
If I must spell it out for you, in English, when you state "just morally bankrupt" it is the same thing as saying it is "exactly morally bankrupt". It emphasizes the statement that it is "morally bankrupt". It's a simple declarative sentence that you, being an imbecile, cannot seem to grasp.
If you are a native English speaker, you should go back to your elementary school and ask them to provide rudimentary teaching on vocabulary, grammar and logic. If English is a second language, please, find someone who can explain this to you in your native language.
According to the OED:
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just, adv.
Etymology: just adj.: compare adverbial use of French juste.
1. Exactly, precisely; verily, actually; closely: cf. even adv. 6. Formerly often even just. Qualifying a prep., adv., or adv. phr.; or an adj., pron., or n.
***
Perhaps you should master the language before you criticize its precise usage.
I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. But I am sick of "ignorant hypocrite"-spouting buffoons like you.
What part of "anyone" or "any party" don't you understand? If the Republicans, Independents, Whigs, Progressive Bull Moose, or even *YOU* did this, it's just wrong, too. I only mentioned the Democrats because it was the subject of the original posting (check the title).
Just crawl back under the idealistic, Republican-bashing, Democrat suckling rock you crawled out from and think a little before you open your own ignorant mouth.
Of course. I did mention "morally bankrupt".
I will sorely miss Kodachrome. It has no equal.
I was being sarcastic!
I am sure it's a foolproof plan. Palin could never get elected if this plan comes to fruition.
Politicians are really the scum of the earth. This is one of the biggest flaws with our political system. Electioneering has gone horribly wrong here.
If this is true, it's a sad day for the Democratic Party. Anyone (from any party) who supports this type of behavior is just morally bankrupt.