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Comment Re:Unfair comparison (Score 2) 174

People always voice their concern when they're against something but rarely express their opinion if they're for it. This makes it unfair comparison. Just saying..

I don't think that's true. The article says that on assisted death, there were many replies on both sides.

There's a difference between this, and assisted death. With this bill there really isn't much of a reason to be outwardly in support of it. However, there are definite reasons to not support it. In the case of assisted death, there are strong reasons to take both sides. As such, people are more likely to voice an opinion.

Comment Re:Compare 2 extreme to make one of them look bad. (Score 1) 405

While I do see that side of things, the reality is that businesses often base decision completely on immediate costs and ignore the long term. Savings from reduced power costs of more efficient hardware. Savings from reduced labor costs, due to faster hardware. Increased failure rates due to aged equipment. While those may not always outweigh the immediate costs, they often get ignored as well.

Comment Re:universal connector (Score 1) 393

Sorry, I'm not qualified to deal with your level of stupidity. There doesn't have to be an example to show you. It's a statement of fact that you can design a plug that has all the features you want, but also accepts a micro-USB plug. If the Apple connector can do it, so can another plug with the same pins in a different configuration.

Comment Re:universal connector (Score 1) 393

My point is simply, you can design a plug that is compatible with micro USB and still add all the features of the dock connector. Would you need to use a specialized cable/dock to use the features? Yes. Would you also be able to plug in a micro USB to data transfer/charge? Yes. They chose to be obstinate about it.

Comment Re:universal connector (Score 1) 393

With iPhones, you need an adapter that either converts USB to micro USB or an adapter that converts their POS connector to micro USB. With Samsung, as the example, you don't need anything special to use micro USB. Lets face it, Apple can (and my personal belief is should) switch over to a micro USB compatible plug.

Comment Re:At the end of the day (Score 1) 387

Samsung copied Apple flagrantly, not *just* copied, but *flagrantly* copied. The jury saw that, and decided that that was wrong. The result was that Apple won its case.

We're supposed to reward effort, and not reward those who cheat. Despite the clamour from the android community, pretty much everyone I've spoken to who aren't emotionally invested in the result are "pro" the jury and think it was a fair result. Samsung- (and by extension Android-) fans, deal, and move on in life. Or hate. Your call.

Simon.

Ok, so when it comes to UI design.. it's ok for everyone else to copy from everyone else.. Apple can copy from Xerox, Microsoft can copy from Apple.. KDE, Gnome, ETC can copy from both. Yet, Samsung cannot copy from Apple?

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