Well there's a bigger picture, here. Apple is picking a few fights with Samsung in response to how Samsung is playing their cards in other markets. I'm a teacher working in South Korea, and it shouldn't come as much of a surprise at how dirty Samsung is stealing the rug out from under Apple, here, when the market WANTS Apple - both foreign and local.
Samsung is a monster conglomerate that does pretty much everything... but it's also no secret that they, too, are guilty of bending laws and borrowing ideas (and designs) to get the jump on launching their products ahead of other more quality and tested products.
Galaxy S has nothing on the iphone (except a bigger screen, I guess). SII is strides beyond S1, so they're on the right track... but still have a ways to go. And yeah, I have a bit of a chip on my shoulder knowing how Samsung basically copied ideas to throw their phone on the market before Apple could get past the import laws reasonably, ruining Apple's commitment to the Korea (that's the way I see it. There isn't a single Apple store in this country, yet).
"Explain it to me"... ok
It doesn't have to be as stupid as your lack-of imagination makes it sound. The remote control can come in the form of on-screen menus which users can use hand motions to swipe at. They could make a motion that brings down a digital pad for punching numbers or whatever else you might want, or else just a white board where you can draw the command you want in the air with your fingers.
Ever heard of trade routes? or pre-programmed fastest-route-to-destination?
And you don't even have to pay me to easily come up with explanations. Please grow an imagination.
There is a reason the rich are rich. They are smarter then the poor people.
Ummm... that, OR their daddy was rich and could afford to mask their average to sub-average intelligence by throwing money at the best private schools and tutors and opportunities available.
The mesh is so extreme now, there's no telling how 'intelligent' people in high profile positions are...
Oh! Hello there, President W-Bush! Didn't see you standing there...
how awckward
As a kindergarten teacher near Seoul... this has to be one of the stupidest comments I've read on this subject. It in no way reflects the truth about Korean kids. They are about as reckless and rambunctious as kindergarteners in the USA.
I'm a kindergarten teaching in South Korea, near Seoul. These articles are quickly losing their novelty. I read an almost identical version for Japan months ago. Simply put, it will not happen.
On another note, it's common rhetorical practice to refer to 'South Korea' as Korea, while not recognizing any legitimacy in North Korea. It's 'we' the Korean people. It's Korea. It's not North and South, but a depiction of Korea the south waiting for their northern brothers and sisters to 'return' to 'Korea'.
I find this article particularly interesting because I had the same problem and complaint.
Less than a month ago I signed up for Blockbuster Online, which I've tried before and liked. Suddenly I'm getting all this Facebook spam from blockbuster asking me to approve their request to tell the world every single movie I'm renting.
I didn't click any check box giving Blockbuster permission to access any of my Facebook information. Not only that, but I had to go to the Blockbuster website and find out HOW they got my information and how to stop it. Finding that information was not obvious. You wouldn't be able to find it by browsing the site. You have to do a search through their help section.
In the end, Blockbuster (from their online store site) told me to use the Facebook option to block their website from accessing my profile if I didn't want their spam.
I definitely see it as a violation of privacy; especially considering they didn't even ask and offered no option of their own for stopping the spam.
reality is in disagreement with your religious book. No creation, no flood, no adam and eve, no eden, no moses and exodus, no jesus.... Ok, so clearly you believe this. So what are we talking about? There is nothing to talk about; but the majority of the human race believes the contrary of one or more of the aforementioned: creation, flood, Adam & Eve, Eden, Moses and Exodus, Jesus. That, of course, doesn't mean these things are right (reality is not a democracy) - but it absolutely does mean that there is something to talk about and think about. It's not plainly clear to everyone, like it sounds like it is to you. Several great scientists in the past and present believe in creation. Several historians believe the Moses, Exodus, and Jesus of the Bible were real. Several Atheists also believe there was a real Moses, Exodus, and Jesus.
If you think your book is confirmed by science, you better start producing supporting evidence. Why do you imply there is no evidence? There is evidence in the same way that a dead man and a murder weapon are evidence that a homicide took place; but why should I even start down that road? Of course there may be other possible explanations for the evidence presence of the evidence - but it is still evidence confirming what I believe and what the Bible says.
since you and others, posits there is a god, the burden of proof is on you! Well actually, I didn't posit anything because it didn't originate from me. I only agree with it. God Himself says that He exists not only through creation, not only through the Bible, but in countless other ways - dreams, visions, voice, thoughts... just to name a few. So then, the burden of proof would be on God. Ask Him (I mean it).
Idiots like yourself, on the other hand, just believe regardless of confirmation or disproof, so you are an idiot. Thanks for posting. Your comment, and calling me an idiot while knowing apparently nothing about me, says a lot more about you than it ever will about me.
While I completely agree with you, and GP, that "science confirms", my comment was directed at the fact that the statement I quoted from GP followed a comment he made regarding his personal beliefs. Science confirms many things - including my belief in God. If you're calling me an idiot for that, then you're indirectly calling a whole lot of people idiots besides myself. You can do as you like... but it's that kind of ignorance that shapes and fuels our problems in the world; and it's that same kind of mind that serves as a foundation for extremists who refuse to acknowledge their own folly... atheistic and religious nuts alike.
Religious groups are well known for twisting the words of non-members to support the wacky claims. Some nut-case Christer fundies produced a movie that twisted the words of several well known Atheists.
I was thinking about getting a mac for my next computer... but having only one button on the mouse is really a killer; how annoying. Two buttons are important for gaming.
What the hell makes these UIUC people think that they know how to make a browser? You'd think they'd leave this kind of thing to people who've done it before. Sheesh!:)
It's amazing how few people on/. seem to have gotten this joke.
This is not a joking matter. People still suffer from IE today.
People born before us were not nearly as stupid and primitive as we are led to believe they were,
Well first of all... who is "we"? How are we led to believe that people born before us were stupid and primitive? I don't think that's ever been true... ever; and I've never believed that myself. For just one of many, many examples: Aristotle. Who hasn't heard of him or who doesn't know his profession? Your statement is just unfounded, as far as I can see; but if you have something to back it up I'd really like to check it out.
and we are not as brilliant and sophisticated as we think we are.
Again, please clarify - who is "we"? I would again claim the contrary. I think people born today absolutely are as brilliant and sophisticated as I think they are. Stephen Hawking? Richard Feynman? (two examples that I personally highly respect) - We're living in an age of exponentially increasing sophistication and efficiency of technology; but I don't think many people forget that the people who came before us are the ones that got us to where we are today - for the same reason most people know that if they went back to a time before this technology existed, they wouldn't have too much to offer our ancestors (compared to where we sit today). Our knowledge is built upon the knowledge and discoveries of others.
We think these clever people are scarce rarities because we have been brainwashed to think they are. In reality, the accumulated knowledge we think is so precious is actually rather obvious, and has been lost and re-discovered again and again and again.
How have "we" been brainwashed? How is the accumulated knowledge that we have today even remotely "rather obvious"? Please explain, and don't forget that you used the word "accumulated" - so you can't start with something as basic as the shape of the earth (which has, in fact, been discovered, lost, and rediscovered a number of times in history).
No, the accumulation of knowledge we have today goes exceedingly beyond the level of knowledge people had a few hundred years ago; and the same was true a couple hundred years ago as compared to hundreds of years before that.
Can he come up with a program that does the boring parts of my life while I'm out having fun?
That's what his program does for people whose life is playing WoW (you know, some people in China do this for a living and sell the virtual items on ebay for money). The program plays the boring parts... while they go out and have fun.
But success and innovation aren't always the same thing.
Totally true! Another example: Sega. They had it ALL over Nintendo. What happened there?!?
Sega Genesis vs Nintendo... Sega is YEARS ahead
Sega Game Gear vs Game Boy... again, Sega is YEARS ahead
Sega Nomad... an invention of brilliance years ahead of its time (I've labeled its lack of success due to being too brilliant for the time period. They needed to take more baby steps in the market - not huge leaps.)
But actually I can see Apple and Google becoming the next hated powerhouse companies. Just look at how Google is jumping more into politics and lobbying these days... and how we see more lawsuits from Apple each year. It'll be a LONG while before they ever reach the status label of Microsoft Evil (which is a new category... Microsoft is the pioneer), but soon I think Google and Apple will slip into the same category as Sony.
They're not more powerful than the US. We both have a loaded gun pointed at the other in the form of trade. Sure, they could pretty well screw us over economically if they decided to. But there are hundreds of millions of newly urbanized Chinese, who make the toys and electronics that are shipped to the west, who would be very pissed off if the actions of their current government resulted in the loss of their relatively good paying jobs.
This is a good point.
I always used to joke around and say that if the US wanted to shut down almost every economy in the world... all the government has to do is close down Starbucks Coffee, McDonald's, and Coke.
But really, the economy of the US has extremely deep roots that won't be pulled out so easily. There's a world economy, and the foundation of it is the US, and more recently the EU. When you start seeing Chinese companies expanding worldwide is when you can start saying China is an economic competitor. Right now... they're just doing everyone else's industrialized dirty work. Why? Because there are a lot of people there... and a huge percentage of them are dirt poor. But right now... which nation's companies do you see selling the cars? How about computers? Cell phones? Other electronics? Gas? Anything that is widely known or popular among people? Not Chinese companies. No, they are still decades behind- and not just the US. South Korea is even blowing China out of the water, economically.
The world economy is a pretty delicate web. You can't just take any nation out without having a noticeable negative impact on other large economies, like people seem to be assuming. It doesn't work like that.
Since people hate Vista so much, they'll start being more open to other options.
haha, no I doubt it. I hate to say it, but Vista will take a HUGE leap in user base when the XP option is eliminated. Let's not forget to take into account that the/. community is rather biased (generally speaking). Have you seen the news feed? Count the number of articles on the news feed that pop up involving anti-microsoft or anti-scientology news. Simply put, not everyone feels the same way as the image that the/. community (generally speaking) projects. The average person just wants to use their computer, and they don't want hassle.
The fact is that most people are familiar with Windows and people don't like to change and learn new things if it's complicated and now noticeably worth their time. Saving a few seconds of loading time by switching to another OS while losing program/game compatibility doesn't sound all that appealing... which is also why more people don't up and just switch over to Macs (although the Mac user base is growing a lot bigger a lot faster these days).
No, when Microsoft pulls the rug from under XP officially and gives Vista the upper hand... people are going to say, "darn. Oh well. I guess I'll use Vista now." And not only that, but as computer hardware is always improving... it won't matter all that much in a year anyway.
To quote a bumper sticker, "No one died when Clinton lied."
There is absolutely no way to compare "a cock-sucking" with "causing the deaths of 4,000 America heroes."
Whether it's intentional or not, I can only speculate; but ironically (ironic because of the comment title), you're completely missing the point that the person you replied to was making.
In a word, the answer is "yes" because we've been through this several times in Washington: lies and cover-ups, politicians using their status to put themselves above the law. Americans want the truth from our government, and you're trying to belittle the fact that President Clinton stepped into court as the single representative of this nation to the world, swore an oath, sat in front of a jury and lied. And he's willing to do all of that over a blow job? What else could he have covered up during his presidency?
So yes, this current administration looks very suspicious and yes they need to be caught for whatever they're trying to cover up. It's about justice and it's about having a higher standard of integrity while holding an office of government.
I've traveled to China a few times, and encounter plenty of Chinese students at my university. All seem to be aware that their government is authoritarian and has done some terrible things, in spite of all the blocking.
I tutored a group of adult Chinese foreign exchange students who came from various parts of China. At one point I asked them, "What do you think of your government?" At first they gave each other sideways glances. Of course they know their government is authoritarian, and I'm sure they're also aware of some things the government tries to keep secret... but still the big picture remains elusive. In short, the censorship works. I asked my students several questions about their views on the USA, North Korea, China, Taiwan, and Russia, and their opinions absolutely reflected what the Chinese government showed them (or DIDN'T show them), generally speaking.
Their views on North Korea, in particular, were disturbingly uninformed.
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Well there's a bigger picture, here. Apple is picking a few fights with Samsung in response to how Samsung is playing their cards in other markets. I'm a teacher working in South Korea, and it shouldn't come as much of a surprise at how dirty Samsung is stealing the rug out from under Apple, here, when the market WANTS Apple - both foreign and local. Samsung is a monster conglomerate that does pretty much everything... but it's also no secret that they, too, are guilty of bending laws and borrowing ideas (and designs) to get the jump on launching their products ahead of other more quality and tested products. Galaxy S has nothing on the iphone (except a bigger screen, I guess). SII is strides beyond S1, so they're on the right track... but still have a ways to go. And yeah, I have a bit of a chip on my shoulder knowing how Samsung basically copied ideas to throw their phone on the market before Apple could get past the import laws reasonably, ruining Apple's commitment to the Korea (that's the way I see it. There isn't a single Apple store in this country, yet).
"Explain it to me"... ok It doesn't have to be as stupid as your lack-of imagination makes it sound. The remote control can come in the form of on-screen menus which users can use hand motions to swipe at. They could make a motion that brings down a digital pad for punching numbers or whatever else you might want, or else just a white board where you can draw the command you want in the air with your fingers.
Ever heard of trade routes? or pre-programmed fastest-route-to-destination? And you don't even have to pay me to easily come up with explanations. Please grow an imagination.
There is a reason the rich are rich. They are smarter then the poor people.
Ummm... that, OR their daddy was rich and could afford to mask their average to sub-average intelligence by throwing money at the best private schools and tutors and opportunities available. The mesh is so extreme now, there's no telling how 'intelligent' people in high profile positions are... Oh! Hello there, President W-Bush! Didn't see you standing there... how awckward
As a kindergarten teacher near Seoul... this has to be one of the stupidest comments I've read on this subject. It in no way reflects the truth about Korean kids. They are about as reckless and rambunctious as kindergarteners in the USA.
I'm a kindergarten teaching in South Korea, near Seoul. These articles are quickly losing their novelty. I read an almost identical version for Japan months ago. Simply put, it will not happen. On another note, it's common rhetorical practice to refer to 'South Korea' as Korea, while not recognizing any legitimacy in North Korea. It's 'we' the Korean people. It's Korea. It's not North and South, but a depiction of Korea the south waiting for their northern brothers and sisters to 'return' to 'Korea'.
I find this article particularly interesting because I had the same problem and complaint.
Less than a month ago I signed up for Blockbuster Online, which I've tried before and liked. Suddenly I'm getting all this Facebook spam from blockbuster asking me to approve their request to tell the world every single movie I'm renting.
I didn't click any check box giving Blockbuster permission to access any of my Facebook information. Not only that, but I had to go to the Blockbuster website and find out HOW they got my information and how to stop it. Finding that information was not obvious. You wouldn't be able to find it by browsing the site. You have to do a search through their help section.
In the end, Blockbuster (from their online store site) told me to use the Facebook option to block their website from accessing my profile if I didn't want their spam.
I definitely see it as a violation of privacy; especially considering they didn't even ask and offered no option of their own for stopping the spam.
Is the book longer than this article?
If you think your book is confirmed by science, you better start producing supporting evidence. Why do you imply there is no evidence? There is evidence in the same way that a dead man and a murder weapon are evidence that a homicide took place; but why should I even start down that road? Of course there may be other possible explanations for the evidence presence of the evidence - but it is still evidence confirming what I believe and what the Bible says.
since you and others, posits there is a god, the burden of proof is on you! Well actually, I didn't posit anything because it didn't originate from me. I only agree with it. God Himself says that He exists not only through creation, not only through the Bible, but in countless other ways - dreams, visions, voice, thoughts... just to name a few. So then, the burden of proof would be on God. Ask Him (I mean it).
Peace
While I completely agree with you, and GP, that "science confirms", my comment was directed at the fact that the statement I quoted from GP followed a comment he made regarding his personal beliefs. Science confirms many things - including my belief in God. If you're calling me an idiot for that, then you're indirectly calling a whole lot of people idiots besides myself. You can do as you like... but it's that kind of ignorance that shapes and fuels our problems in the world; and it's that same kind of mind that serves as a foundation for extremists who refuse to acknowledge their own folly... atheistic and religious nuts alike.
Does government serve such a different function in your eyes? They're not distantly linked.
ROFL... science confirms your views because you say so? That's rich.
Links, sources please?
I was thinking about getting a mac for my next computer... but having only one button on the mouse is really a killer; how annoying. Two buttons are important for gaming.
It's amazing how few people on
This is not a joking matter. People still suffer from IE today.
What really can you do in Adobe products that I can't do in OSS ones?
Pay heaps and heaps of money?
Support bureaucracy?
Did I win yet?
Are We Giving Robots Too Much Power?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGxdgNJ_lZM
People born before us were not nearly as stupid and primitive as we are led to believe they were,
Well first of all... who is "we"? How are we led to believe that people born before us were stupid and primitive? I don't think that's ever been true... ever; and I've never believed that myself. For just one of many, many examples: Aristotle. Who hasn't heard of him or who doesn't know his profession? Your statement is just unfounded, as far as I can see; but if you have something to back it up I'd really like to check it out.
and we are not as brilliant and sophisticated as we think we are.
Again, please clarify - who is "we"? I would again claim the contrary. I think people born today absolutely are as brilliant and sophisticated as I think they are. Stephen Hawking? Richard Feynman? (two examples that I personally highly respect) - We're living in an age of exponentially increasing sophistication and efficiency of technology; but I don't think many people forget that the people who came before us are the ones that got us to where we are today - for the same reason most people know that if they went back to a time before this technology existed, they wouldn't have too much to offer our ancestors (compared to where we sit today). Our knowledge is built upon the knowledge and discoveries of others.
We think these clever people are scarce rarities because we have been brainwashed to think they are. In reality, the accumulated knowledge we think is so precious is actually rather obvious, and has been lost and re-discovered again and again and again.
How have "we" been brainwashed? How is the accumulated knowledge that we have today even remotely "rather obvious"? Please explain, and don't forget that you used the word "accumulated" - so you can't start with something as basic as the shape of the earth (which has, in fact, been discovered, lost, and rediscovered a number of times in history).
No, the accumulation of knowledge we have today goes exceedingly beyond the level of knowledge people had a few hundred years ago; and the same was true a couple hundred years ago as compared to hundreds of years before that.
Can he come up with a program that does the boring parts of my life while I'm out having fun?
That's what his program does for people whose life is playing WoW (you know, some people in China do this for a living and sell the virtual items on ebay for money).
The program plays the boring parts... while they go out and have fun.
But success and innovation aren't always the same thing.
Totally true! Another example: Sega. They had it ALL over Nintendo. What happened there?!?
Sega Genesis vs Nintendo... Sega is YEARS ahead
Sega Game Gear vs Game Boy... again, Sega is YEARS ahead
Sega Nomad... an invention of brilliance years ahead of its time (I've labeled its lack of success due to being too brilliant for the time period. They needed to take more baby steps in the market - not huge leaps.)
But actually I can see Apple and Google becoming the next hated powerhouse companies. Just look at how Google is jumping more into politics and lobbying these days... and how we see more lawsuits from Apple each year. It'll be a LONG while before they ever reach the status label of Microsoft Evil (which is a new category... Microsoft is the pioneer), but soon I think Google and Apple will slip into the same category as Sony.
They're not more powerful than the US. We both have a loaded gun pointed at the other in the form of trade. Sure, they could pretty well screw us over economically if they decided to. But there are hundreds of millions of newly urbanized Chinese, who make the toys and electronics that are shipped to the west, who would be very pissed off if the actions of their current government resulted in the loss of their relatively good paying jobs.
This is a good point.
I always used to joke around and say that if the US wanted to shut down almost every economy in the world... all the government has to do is close down Starbucks Coffee, McDonald's, and Coke.
But really, the economy of the US has extremely deep roots that won't be pulled out so easily. There's a world economy, and the foundation of it is the US, and more recently the EU. When you start seeing Chinese companies expanding worldwide is when you can start saying China is an economic competitor. Right now... they're just doing everyone else's industrialized dirty work. Why? Because there are a lot of people there... and a huge percentage of them are dirt poor. But right now... which nation's companies do you see selling the cars? How about computers? Cell phones? Other electronics? Gas? Anything that is widely known or popular among people? Not Chinese companies. No, they are still decades behind- and not just the US. South Korea is even blowing China out of the water, economically.
The world economy is a pretty delicate web. You can't just take any nation out without having a noticeable negative impact on other large economies, like people seem to be assuming. It doesn't work like that.
Since people hate Vista so much, they'll start being more open to other options.
/. community is rather biased (generally speaking). Have you seen the news feed? Count the number of articles on the news feed that pop up involving anti-microsoft or anti-scientology news. Simply put, not everyone feels the same way as the image that the /. community (generally speaking) projects. The average person just wants to use their computer, and they don't want hassle.
haha, no I doubt it. I hate to say it, but Vista will take a HUGE leap in user base when the XP option is eliminated. Let's not forget to take into account that the
The fact is that most people are familiar with Windows and people don't like to change and learn new things if it's complicated and now noticeably worth their time. Saving a few seconds of loading time by switching to another OS while losing program/game compatibility doesn't sound all that appealing... which is also why more people don't up and just switch over to Macs (although the Mac user base is growing a lot bigger a lot faster these days).
No, when Microsoft pulls the rug from under XP officially and gives Vista the upper hand... people are going to say, "darn. Oh well. I guess I'll use Vista now." And not only that, but as computer hardware is always improving... it won't matter all that much in a year anyway.
To quote a bumper sticker, "No one died when Clinton lied."
There is absolutely no way to compare "a cock-sucking" with "causing the deaths of 4,000 America heroes."
Whether it's intentional or not, I can only speculate; but ironically (ironic because of the comment title), you're completely missing the point that the person you replied to was making.
In a word, the answer is "yes" because we've been through this several times in Washington: lies and cover-ups, politicians using their status to put themselves above the law. Americans want the truth from our government, and you're trying to belittle the fact that President Clinton stepped into court as the single representative of this nation to the world, swore an oath, sat in front of a jury and lied. And he's willing to do all of that over a blow job? What else could he have covered up during his presidency?
So yes, this current administration looks very suspicious and yes they need to be caught for whatever they're trying to cover up. It's about justice and it's about having a higher standard of integrity while holding an office of government.
I've traveled to China a few times, and encounter plenty of Chinese students at my university. All seem to be aware that their government is authoritarian and has done some terrible things, in spite of all the blocking.
I tutored a group of adult Chinese foreign exchange students who came from various parts of China. At one point I asked them, "What do you think of your government?" At first they gave each other sideways glances. Of course they know their government is authoritarian, and I'm sure they're also aware of some things the government tries to keep secret... but still the big picture remains elusive. In short, the censorship works. I asked my students several questions about their views on the USA, North Korea, China, Taiwan, and Russia, and their opinions absolutely reflected what the Chinese government showed them (or DIDN'T show them), generally speaking.
Their views on North Korea, in particular, were disturbingly uninformed.