Comment Re:Good enough to criticize the mechanisms (Score 2) 130
No apostrophe on a plural, Sparky.
In fact, there is.
In the plural form of the possessive, the apostrophe comes AFTER the pluralization; e.g., "users' ".
No apostrophe on a plural, Sparky.
In fact, there is.
In the plural form of the possessive, the apostrophe comes AFTER the pluralization; e.g., "users' ".
Security through obscurity.
That was an excuse a decade ago; but have you visited an Apple Store in the past 8 years or so? They could keep them open 24/7 and they'd still be mobbed!
4) Get users to download this ('free photoshop!' - see OSX/iWorm for an example of Mac user's being dumb) *or* inject this into internet downloads if you have network-level presence. Tons of OS X software is distributed over HTTP
so, again, like every other OS X exploit, this depends solely on Social Networking to propagate.
So, IOW, after about 100 or so Macs worldwide get infected, whatever package was responsible for spreading malware via this method would be added to Apple's malware list, be pushed out automatically to all users of OS X, and, like those infrequent times before, that would be that...
Then, Apple simply adds checking of DyLibs and other add-ons to OS X, and closes this hokey forever. Problem solved!
So, thanks to the black hat who brought this exploit to Apple's attention; so that they can take care of it.
The expression 'MacJob' used to mean a crap job; so this MacWatch....
Never heard that expression. Ever.
Oh, I see now; that refers to a low-paying EMPLOYMENT, as in a job a McDonald's. Hence "McJob" (prounounced "Mac-Job").
Nothing to do with Apple. Nice try, hater.
You linked to a blogger, the blogger linked to a survey, and that survey had holes in its methodology that you could sail a battleship through.
Not one bit of facts available.
Good job genius.
That's what I get for posting from work, sorry.
The reason for Swift is that Apple just doesn't want to compete head-to-head with the Android framework. There is simply no other reason.
Oh puh-lease. Do you even believe that?
Yeah, Java is the pride and joy of the Android Development community. Riiiiight.
HOW much bitching have I heard here on this site alone about Java? Hmmmm???
You're just Butthurt that Android doesn't have anything as clean and modern as Swift.
I have no idea who "they" are. I am saying this about Swift. Incidentally, nobody halfway sane would say that C++ or Obj-C is for the incompetent in comparison to C. They are all three hard to master and C++ is a pretty bad design in addition. (Of course, C++, like the equally bad Java, was never intended to be a general-use language.)
Yeah, but that never stopped Pascal!
Indeed. Swift is for the incompetent. There is nothing wrong with Objective-C, you just have to understand what you are doing. This is just one more step on the way to general cretinization of programming, and consequentially programmers.
I also agree that there is nothing wrong with Obj-C; but OTOH, is there anything wrong with attempting to update and/or clarify syntax?
For example, I doubt you would find that many developers that would argue that C++ can be arcane, and most that have developed in both would say that Obj-C is much "cleaner" than C++ overall; so why can't Swift be seen as simply a further refinement on Obj-C, especially for less "ambitious" projects?
Bottom line, I don't think Swift is in danger of displacing Obj-C anytime soon; so why all the hate?
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Oh, I know: Because Apple.
This right here! I am seriously fucking tired of everyone trying to turn my large screen high def computer into a fucking phone! There is a reason I do not browse the web on a "smart" phone. A 4 inch screen sucks! And when I can not get out of your "mobile optimized" site on my large tablet, guess what? I find another!
Hear, hear!
I am RIGHT there with ya! If I can't get out of a "mobile" site, I am very likely to give up on that site entirely. I have never seen a "mobile" site that was worth a shit, period!
Yes, some "full site" versions are damned inconvenient to use on a phone (and some even on a tablet); but it's worth the pain of scrolling/zooming to be able to get to ALL the features of the site, rather than some dumbed-down version of same.
They have vested interest in mobile now because it's much more effective to monetize through their own dominant OS.
Depends on what you mean by "Dominant" in this regard.
While it is true that there are more Android Devices in circulation that iOS Devices, Google makes its money from the INTERNET USAGE of those Devices. And when it comes to that particularly-interesting-to-Google metric, there is compelling evidence to suggest that iOS users spend up to SIX TIMES the amount of time on the Internet than do Android users.
So, when it comes to Google selling "ad impressions", iOS users might well be the "Dominant OS" as far as Google is concerned.
"For years researchers have argued over where and when dogs arose."
Ah yes, the great dog uprising of 02, back in the old country. Let me tell ya, sonny, that was a scary day for anybody with a pocket full of ground beef. The cats didn't come down from the trees for weeks afterwards. Chihuahuas made up a cavalry charge, riding on the backs of Great Danes. All was nearly lost, until the air corps saved us with a mass airdrop of tennis balls.
Truly LOL! Nice synthesis of the TFT Style.
Proving what Phil Austin said in The Firesign Theatre's Big Book of Plays: "The Firesign Theatre is a technique."
But like the voice of Christopher Walken, almost anyone can pull off something that sounds a little like Walken; but no one quite gets it right; sometimes not even The 3 (or 4) or 4 (or 5) Crazy Guys...
Come on, most of these are being snapped up by ebay traders, hoping to restrict the supply to make a profit from the new product.
A million eBay traders; riiiiiiiight.
Neither had I. Until last July, when my wife gave me an Android smartwatch for my birthday (suck it Apple
It's actually very funny when a Fandroid accuses Apple of not inventing something; because, since they ripped-off the entire concept of the original iPhone, ya know...
I trust everyone around here remembers that; or do I have to whip out the citations, Google internal memos, and the before and after pictures (yet again)?
Apple avoided similar issues because they have taken total control of both the hardware and software where MS went with supporting the commodity market.
IOW, "You get what you pay for."
"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God but to create him." -Arthur C. Clarke
