Intelligent people don't buy only from one company. You diversify as much as possible to prevent the vendor from strangling you. Doesn't matter if it is apple, google,Msft,dell or sco.
Yet Apple's response was not to approach alternative mappers like Mapquest, Bing Maps, Garmin, etc. They're response was to build their own.
"Not Invented Here Syndrome" is a pretty prominent anti-pattern.
My first car was a 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with a digital dashboard, I was too young to know exactly but remembering back it seemed like a VFD. It had not only a 7-segment for the current speed, but also a digital gauge for the speed, so instead of a dial and a needle, there were markers and a long arc of segments lit. The 10s were marked with smaller 7 segments, so that when you switched it into metric the display would update (and presumably the scaling on the arc so the numbers were still divisible by ten. There was supposedly an option that mine was not equipped with that would project the current speed onto the bottom left of windshield so you can see how fast you were going without having to look too far away from the road.
How about expanding that for any driving distractions. Rowdy passengers, excessively loud music, applying makeup while driving, eating and drinking while driving, playing with the GPS....... at this point you should realize it all falls under reckless driving anyway, and people calling for extreme fines and punishments for people who text and drive is just an excuse to bully others in the name of technology.
If they're looking at average cost of beer, then, yeah, the cost and quality are both low.
This is because the US market is filled with cheap beer. Supergiant breweries flooded the market in a race to the bottom which also, happily for them, increases the barrier to entry. A public that's used to a certain price point for domestic beer, in general, scoffs at paying more for another domestic beer.
Things started to change when Carter legalized home brewing, and microbrews started becoming commercially viable. But, in terms of sheer volume, there's no contest.
Agreed. MSE is the the only free antivirus worth anything. The rest are being monetized and try to trick you into buying the paid ones, if they don't just plain suck. Also the only one I don't feel is slowing down my computer. Before MSE, I just didn't use any, the AV was worse than the rare virus infection.
I had Avast on one computer a while ago. That was actually quite unobtrusive. That or MSE would be my choice.
I dropped Avast when I started getting pop ups advertising Avast for Android, Avast for Mac, etc. They used to be pretty good. Then it the destination was Spam City aboard the Bloatware Express, with stops at the Upsell Station every year.
Why did someone mark the AC flamebait? Did anybody click on the guy's user ID? Personally I hate how the word shill is just thrown at frankly everyone that doesn't drink the koolaid around here but...damn, just damn. Every single post the guy has made has been pumping Visual Studio, Silverlight, and Windows mobile. It reads like somebody working at an Indian support center just going off one of those scripts.
Because it's NOT a shill, it's the newest FRIST POST troll. It's as predictable as a GNAA post on anything having to do with genetics, and occurs with much more repeatability compared to army of Michael Knoppel ids (forgot how to spell it) and his "you're completely pathetic" routine.
These particular trolls, when they appear for anything MS, are really fucking effective, though. Everyone gets riled up for it. Including myself at one point.
Open Source sometimes makes money... Sometimes it doesn't
That goes for all business. Some are good at it, some aren't.
Notoriously Open Source Sparkfun.com had $18.4M in revenue in 2010, undoubtedly more by now.
Even when Makerbot was supposedly "Open Source", good luck finding actual sources in the form of suppliers, CAD drawings, specifications, tolerances, etc.
Damn fine brand of bacon, however the last two packs I bought had some really off flavors, I'm thinking the quality has been steadily dropping as the pressures of mass-market distribution are compounding issues for them.
Generally, a spokesperson for a group of interest would be approached calmly, not raided (which makes it news).
The spokespeople of multinational crime syndicates tend not to be well-regarded by law enforcement. I know, it's confusing.
Was Barrett armed? Was he dangerous? Was there any reason to believe he was a threat to the officers' personal safety whatsoever? People get taken into custody all the time without being raided. This was an excuse by the police to let out some steam by bashing down the door and busting heads.
Starts with an unsubstantiated claim against Android Ends with another unsubstantiated claim against Apple TFA is supposedly an ad farm (I wouldn't know, I block ads from non-whitelisted sites) It's sure to get 500 comments from all ends of the karma spectrum.
I don't know about Nook, but considering the Amazon app store is freely distributed, I think Amazon would be thrilled if Acer's devices can preloaded with their store instead of Google Play.
Google doesn't gain anything by restricting who can ship a device with it preinstalled.
This just establishes the fact that Google is not necessarily evil.
FTFY
Aliyun (alien?) is clearly written in code lifted from Android without Google's permission. While Android sources are available, that doesn't mean you can just take the source, change it as you see fit and sell it as your own. Pretty shoddy of Acer.
What I don't understand is how Aliyun can even sell it. Not the mechanism by which they get money in exchange for some code, but how anyone would willingly pay these people for something they can get for free. What exactly is Aliyun adding to the Android base that isn't already there?
It's a little like people who advocate for a punctuation mark to denote sarcasm. If you can't detect sarcasm when you see it, you don't really deserve to enjoy it.
I often wonder why people still refer to the USA as 'the land of the free' or even to their president as the 'leader of the free world'. Don't get me wrong; As a non-American I have great respect for the tradition and history of freedom of the country
The issue I think Americans should be concerned about is the fact that countries Poland, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom all have something in common (well, the list is quite long and can be found here )
They are ALL ranked higher than 'The land of the Free' when it comes to freedom of press... and without press freedom, and journalists calling you on your shit - instead of just dishing out celeb gossip and reality TV updates - you are on a slippery slope.
Some people read 1984 and Brave New World and think either one would be horrible. People in power read both and decide, hell, why not have the best of both worlds? Totalitarianism and apathy?
Everything you babbled about is already handled by the present system.
You mean the present system whereby an innocent person can be merely accused and have their lives completely ruined despite later being acquitted? How many "oops, this guy isn't a child molester after all, our bad" headlines do you see in the paper?
Link? I have a few iTunes purchases that I'd like to unchain, especially since they not only disappeared from iTunes but also every other music service out there.
[2009 Tax Amnesty passed by] 111th Congress. You know, the one that had Democrat majority in both the House, Senate
Lol. So it's the Democrats fault!? The whataboutery-foo is strong in this one. You think they should not have permitted the amnesty? And put the criminals in prison?
Since I don't like Romney, if they did not permit the amnesty and threw him in jail it would have worked out better IMO.:)
I guess what I'm having trouble wrapping my head around is why was all this tough talk about punishing wall street and fat cat bankers if they're just going to give amnesty out and let them pay the difference and not call foul. Armed with both majority AND a rubber stamp and that's the best they could do? If that's not evidence of the 2nd half original premise, that the Democrats and Republicans are both screwing with the public, I don't know what is. The 1st half is that it's a stupid political game to play. So Romney is evil because he's a rich guy and tax evader? Well, not too long ago they gave everyone a pass, so why the change of heart? It's a game. It's just as stupid as people still demanding to see Obama's birth certificate.
I'd much rather see talk about what each candidate intends to do with the presidency, rather than "vote for me because that other guy's a real dickhead". Seems the 2004 election really made this the status quo on political discourse and, well, I'm just disappointed. But maybe I'm just too young, I'm sure this kind of crap probably went on in years gone by.
A fine example of whataboutery. The issue is not that Romney is wealthy - it's a matter of public record that his wealth is double that of the last eight presidents combined - but that he may have been illegally evading taxes through the use of off-shore banks, and took advantage of the 2009 amnesty.
2009 Tax Amnesty? That would put it square within the 111th Congress. You know, the one that had Democrat majority in both the House, Senate, and had Obama in the White House to sign anything they wanted. And, if it's amnesty, then how is what happened then exactly illegal?
You're obviously a smart guy, and you're free to vote (or not) for whomever you wish. I just hate seeing people fall into the typical political traps.
By the way, what brand of razor and printer do you use? Does the company even allow 3rd parties to manufacture blades or ink cartridges?
I see where you're going, but the availability of 3rd party toner seems to be pretty good, and razors are practically disposable.
Meanwhile, I enjoy the iPod dock connector in my car that lets me use the head unit to select music. The dock connector started coming on iPods since 2003 but I never saw any kind of control signalling in everyday goods until around 2007. My work around at the time was literally connecting the headphones out to a tape player adapter... as a consumer, it would have been awful nice to get the current 1st class experience back then, and it disappoints me that it's probably going to be another 4 years before I get that kind of control on the new iteration.
If I even decide to get another iPod. Funny thing is, my current vehicle also has a USB port that I can interface any old flash device or even a portable hard drive.
And while you bring up shaving, even if we're in disagreement, I'd like to take this opportunity to highly recommend having a professional shave from a skilled wielder of the straight edge. It's well worth the time and money IMHO.
It's a gimmick. It's right up there with having a Philly cheesesteak in Gino's versus Pat's. American politics is filled with those kinds of traps.
All the issue is there to serve is to suggest Romney is "not one of you" and fits the stereotype of "rich white republican."
Truth is, Obama is rich, too. You can't really do federal politics without being quite wealthy.
Time wasted talking about tax returns, or birth certificates, or whatever is time spent not talking about the facts. And when you look at FACTS, both Republicans AND Democrats have each done massive harm to this country over the past 80 years.
Guess what? When they released the 2nd gen iPod that has the dock connector we've been using for 8 years now, they didn't pre-release specs for that either. Yet I'm sure we had the same cynical speculation of "OMG it's not bone-stock FireWire! They're going to squeeze everyone out with proprietary bullshit and sue everyone that tries to use it!"
Is that not still the case? You need to be part of Apple's MFi program to make product that use their connector, and they sue those that aren't when the violators get rich enough to get something out of the suit.
I understand they can't use the same connector forever, but I don't know if that gives Apple a free pass from criticism about changing it and holding those details even from partners until release day, when Apple will (shockingly I'm sure) have a full assortment of accessories.
The answer is, of course, that Apple doesn't have partners, just private person customers and business customers, and doesn't seem to value the companies making innovative items that interface with their iDevices that only add value to them. I guess it's Apple's prerogative to be a bully, but they would do well to gain some humility and recognize that other companies have been in their shoes, sitting on a pile of cash and having people salivate over the promise of the next new thing, and that IBM and Microsoft were both in that same positions in decades past.
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Intelligent people don't buy only from one company. You diversify as much as possible to prevent the vendor from strangling you. Doesn't matter if it is apple, google ,Msft ,dell or sco.
Yet Apple's response was not to approach alternative mappers like Mapquest, Bing Maps, Garmin, etc. They're response was to build their own.
"Not Invented Here Syndrome" is a pretty prominent anti-pattern.
My first car was a 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with a digital dashboard, I was too young to know exactly but remembering back it seemed like a VFD. It had not only a 7-segment for the current speed, but also a digital gauge for the speed, so instead of a dial and a needle, there were markers and a long arc of segments lit. The 10s were marked with smaller 7 segments, so that when you switched it into metric the display would update (and presumably the scaling on the arc so the numbers were still divisible by ten. There was supposedly an option that mine was not equipped with that would project the current speed onto the bottom left of windshield so you can see how fast you were going without having to look too far away from the road.
I always thought that digital displays were as cool as chips and in looking for an example image I found this site and it made me happy: http://www.doubleyoudigital.nl/~cars_digital%20dashboards.php
How about expanding that for any driving distractions. Rowdy passengers, excessively loud music, applying makeup while driving, eating and drinking while driving, playing with the GPS.... ... at this point you should realize it all falls under reckless driving anyway, and people calling for extreme fines and punishments for people who text and drive is just an excuse to bully others in the name of technology.
If they're looking at average cost of beer, then, yeah, the cost and quality are both low.
This is because the US market is filled with cheap beer. Supergiant breweries flooded the market in a race to the bottom which also, happily for them, increases the barrier to entry. A public that's used to a certain price point for domestic beer, in general, scoffs at paying more for another domestic beer.
Things started to change when Carter legalized home brewing, and microbrews started becoming commercially viable. But, in terms of sheer volume, there's no contest.
Agreed. MSE is the the only free antivirus worth anything. The rest are being monetized and try to trick you into buying the paid ones, if they don't just plain suck. Also the only one I don't feel is slowing down my computer. Before MSE, I just didn't use any, the AV was worse than the rare virus infection.
I had Avast on one computer a while ago. That was actually quite unobtrusive. That or MSE would be my choice.
I dropped Avast when I started getting pop ups advertising Avast for Android, Avast for Mac, etc.
They used to be pretty good. Then it the destination was Spam City aboard the Bloatware Express, with stops at the Upsell Station every year.
Why did someone mark the AC flamebait? Did anybody click on the guy's user ID? Personally I hate how the word shill is just thrown at frankly everyone that doesn't drink the koolaid around here but...damn, just damn. Every single post the guy has made has been pumping Visual Studio, Silverlight, and Windows mobile. It reads like somebody working at an Indian support center just going off one of those scripts.
Because it's NOT a shill, it's the newest FRIST POST troll. It's as predictable as a GNAA post on anything having to do with genetics, and occurs with much more repeatability compared to army of Michael Knoppel ids (forgot how to spell it) and his "you're completely pathetic" routine.
These particular trolls, when they appear for anything MS, are really fucking effective, though. Everyone gets riled up for it. Including myself at one point.
I think the AC's point is that there isn't necessarily a requirement in a relationship of being monogamous.
Open Source sometimes makes money... Sometimes it doesn't
That goes for all business. Some are good at it, some aren't.
Notoriously Open Source Sparkfun.com had $18.4M in revenue in 2010, undoubtedly more by now.
Even when Makerbot was supposedly "Open Source", good luck finding actual sources in the form of suppliers, CAD drawings, specifications, tolerances, etc.
How does Kickstarter handle fraud?
They don't. That's the problem.
Damn fine brand of bacon, however the last two packs I bought had some really off flavors, I'm thinking the quality has been steadily dropping as the pressures of mass-market distribution are compounding issues for them.
Generally, a spokesperson for a group of interest would be approached calmly, not raided (which makes it news).
The spokespeople of multinational crime syndicates tend not to be well-regarded by law enforcement. I know, it's confusing.
Was Barrett armed? Was he dangerous? Was there any reason to believe he was a threat to the officers' personal safety whatsoever? People get taken into custody all the time without being raided. This was an excuse by the police to let out some steam by bashing down the door and busting heads.
All in all, it's a great /. post.
Starts with an unsubstantiated claim against Android
Ends with another unsubstantiated claim against Apple
TFA is supposedly an ad farm (I wouldn't know, I block ads from non-whitelisted sites)
It's sure to get 500 comments from all ends of the karma spectrum.
How can I block stories by editor again?
I don't know about Nook, but considering the Amazon app store is freely distributed, I think Amazon would be thrilled if Acer's devices can preloaded with their store instead of Google Play.
Google doesn't gain anything by restricting who can ship a device with it preinstalled.
And if that private deal was terminated, would Acer be unable to obtain Android?
This just establishes the fact that Google is not necessarily evil.
FTFY
Aliyun (alien?) is clearly written in code lifted from Android without Google's permission. While Android sources are available, that doesn't mean you can just take the source, change it as you see fit and sell it as your own. Pretty shoddy of Acer.
What I don't understand is how Aliyun can even sell it. Not the mechanism by which they get money in exchange for some code, but how anyone would willingly pay these people for something they can get for free. What exactly is Aliyun adding to the Android base that isn't already there?
It's a little like people who advocate for a punctuation mark to denote sarcasm. If you can't detect sarcasm when you see it, you don't really deserve to enjoy it.
I often wonder why people still refer to the USA as 'the land of the free' or even to their president as the 'leader of the free world'. Don't get me wrong; As a non-American I have great respect for the tradition and history of freedom of the country
The issue I think Americans should be concerned about is the fact that countries Poland, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom all have something in common (well, the list is quite long and can be found here )
They are ALL ranked higher than 'The land of the Free' when it comes to freedom of press... and without press freedom, and journalists calling you on your shit - instead of just dishing out celeb gossip and reality TV updates - you are on a slippery slope.
Some people read 1984 and Brave New World and think either one would be horrible. People in power read both and decide, hell, why not have the best of both worlds? Totalitarianism and apathy?
Everything you babbled about is already handled by the present system.
You mean the present system whereby an innocent person can be merely accused and have their lives completely ruined despite later being acquitted? How many "oops, this guy isn't a child molester after all, our bad" headlines do you see in the paper?
Link? I have a few iTunes purchases that I'd like to unchain, especially since they not only disappeared from iTunes but also every other music service out there.
Lol. So it's the Democrats fault!? The whataboutery-foo is strong in this one. You think they should not have permitted the amnesty? And put the criminals in prison?
Since I don't like Romney, if they did not permit the amnesty and threw him in jail it would have worked out better IMO. :)
I guess what I'm having trouble wrapping my head around is why was all this tough talk about punishing wall street and fat cat bankers if they're just going to give amnesty out and let them pay the difference and not call foul. Armed with both majority AND a rubber stamp and that's the best they could do? If that's not evidence of the 2nd half original premise, that the Democrats and Republicans are both screwing with the public, I don't know what is. The 1st half is that it's a stupid political game to play. So Romney is evil because he's a rich guy and tax evader? Well, not too long ago they gave everyone a pass, so why the change of heart? It's a game. It's just as stupid as people still demanding to see Obama's birth certificate.
I'd much rather see talk about what each candidate intends to do with the presidency, rather than "vote for me because that other guy's a real dickhead". Seems the 2004 election really made this the status quo on political discourse and, well, I'm just disappointed. But maybe I'm just too young, I'm sure this kind of crap probably went on in years gone by.
A fine example of whataboutery. The issue is not that Romney is wealthy - it's a matter of public record that his wealth is double that of the last eight presidents combined - but that he may have been illegally evading taxes through the use of off-shore banks, and took advantage of the 2009 amnesty.
2009 Tax Amnesty? That would put it square within the 111th Congress. You know, the one that had Democrat majority in both the House, Senate, and had Obama in the White House to sign anything they wanted. And, if it's amnesty, then how is what happened then exactly illegal?
You're obviously a smart guy, and you're free to vote (or not) for whomever you wish. I just hate seeing people fall into the typical political traps.
By the way, what brand of razor and printer do you use? Does the company even allow 3rd parties to manufacture blades or ink cartridges?
I see where you're going, but the availability of 3rd party toner seems to be pretty good, and razors are practically disposable.
Meanwhile, I enjoy the iPod dock connector in my car that lets me use the head unit to select music. The dock connector started coming on iPods since 2003 but I never saw any kind of control signalling in everyday goods until around 2007. My work around at the time was literally connecting the headphones out to a tape player adapter... as a consumer, it would have been awful nice to get the current 1st class experience back then, and it disappoints me that it's probably going to be another 4 years before I get that kind of control on the new iteration.
If I even decide to get another iPod. Funny thing is, my current vehicle also has a USB port that I can interface any old flash device or even a portable hard drive.
And while you bring up shaving, even if we're in disagreement, I'd like to take this opportunity to highly recommend having a professional shave from a skilled wielder of the straight edge. It's well worth the time and money IMHO.
It's a gimmick. It's right up there with having a Philly cheesesteak in Gino's versus Pat's. American politics is filled with those kinds of traps.
All the issue is there to serve is to suggest Romney is "not one of you" and fits the stereotype of "rich white republican."
Truth is, Obama is rich, too. You can't really do federal politics without being quite wealthy.
Time wasted talking about tax returns, or birth certificates, or whatever is time spent not talking about the facts. And when you look at FACTS, both Republicans AND Democrats have each done massive harm to this country over the past 80 years.
Guess what? When they released the 2nd gen iPod that has the dock connector we've been using for 8 years now, they didn't pre-release specs for that either. Yet I'm sure we had the same cynical speculation of "OMG it's not bone-stock FireWire! They're going to squeeze everyone out with proprietary bullshit and sue everyone that tries to use it!"
Is that not still the case? You need to be part of Apple's MFi program to make product that use their connector, and they sue those that aren't when the violators get rich enough to get something out of the suit.
I understand they can't use the same connector forever, but I don't know if that gives Apple a free pass from criticism about changing it and holding those details even from partners until release day, when Apple will (shockingly I'm sure) have a full assortment of accessories.
The answer is, of course, that Apple doesn't have partners, just private person customers and business customers, and doesn't seem to value the companies making innovative items that interface with their iDevices that only add value to them. I guess it's Apple's prerogative to be a bully, but they would do well to gain some humility and recognize that other companies have been in their shoes, sitting on a pile of cash and having people salivate over the promise of the next new thing, and that IBM and Microsoft were both in that same positions in decades past.