Comment What about a petition ?!? (Score 1) 553
Filing a petition could possibly give more relevance to the case for malamanteau to exist in wikipedia...
If Adobe is serious, they should take the position that if Apple is not allowing Flash development for its platforms then it follows that Apple no longer wants such development platforms running on its Macs, and as long as Flash content is not supported on iPhone or iPad then ongoing support and releases will not be available for the entire Creative Suite (of which Flash is a part) on OSX as of the current release. If Apple can exclude a specific product why can't Adobe?
How would that benefit Adobe? Sell less of their software out of spite? Business is about making money, not about being the coolest kid in the lunchroom. Adobe wants to retain its current customers (developers).. they could give a rats ass about content... You really think Adobe is pushing for flash support on the iStuff so all the turtle-necks at Starbucks can 'punch the monkey and win'?
Your “valid” approach is paint everyone with a wide brush, and when someone yells “hey that doesn’t apply to me... not even to most of us!”, you retort “yes it does”.
Anyway, I’m really, really confused at this point what you’re even trying to argue. This discussion has diverged so far from the original topic that I’m not even sure it’s salvageable at this point.
I truly hate parking meters only when I see them in front of a whole streets worth of empty storefronts. Parking costs almost can't be high enough in big, bustling cities because automobiles tend to destroy the urban environment. Take transit. Or, park it in a garage and walk. Or just walk. Driving isn't a right. Owning a car isn't a right. And parking it where ever you damn well please isn't a right.
Parking is only a problem for those too lazy to walk.
Sorry, I wasn't clear: I was referring to big companies in the business software world, such as Microsoft and Adobe. Certainly the games world has been suffering a rash of silly DRM-related failures recently, but alas, that sort of software is not a common sight on my work machines.
if you call microsoft asking for support for something that they have EOL'd, they will be very happy to point you towards a microsoft-trained and microsoft-certified consultant tech in your area who has the expertise to help you.
Trust me, MS is still getting their money, one way or another.
A programming language is more than just syntax and semantics. The standard library and other community projects create a platform. Leveraging this platform is essential to productive development. Learning syntax/sematics takes an hour or two. Learning the rest is a long career.
That is an argument that I keep hearing, and it is simply wrong. The very logic of the argument is flawed. It is one-way thinking... Seems to me that if you want to develop for both platforms, you are still free to. Just write your code in Objective C, and use your fancy cross-platform tools to port it to android.
it's not rocket science, people... THINK about your arguments, don't just repeat something you heard somebody else say that they heard another guy say he heard from his sister's niece's best friends dad...
And I just realized that you weren't the one to start the analogy, though my thoughts in general still stand.
To return to the car analogy, it's like you bought a car which was advertised as being the best off-road vehicle on the market, if you just upgraded to monster truck wheels and tires. The dealer then finds out that people are using 4x4 vehicles to get to a magical land where vehicle accessories are cheaper than those sold by the dealer; in fact, they have accessories that make the vehicle useful for more purposes, so that the users are less compelled to buy another vehicle. So the dealer institutes a policy that whenever a vehicle is brought in to the dealer, they remove the front axle and the transfer case, and it becomes a 2WD vehicle; the user is simply lied to, and told that this change is necessary to make the vehicle safe, or perhaps to improve road safety. Now you're stuck with these gigantic wheels on a 2WD vehicle, and you look like an idiot driving down the road with 'em. They can be removed, but it's going to take additional labor, and you're going to have to put the original wheels back on. Unfortunately, in this car, you have to rebuild the entire car and replace all the fluids when you replace the wheels so now you have to do the oil, coolant, trans fluid...
I'm updating the slashdot firmware to remove the bad analogy option.
This is an obvious misuse of authority. The punishment is far far more severe than the crime. If the school administrators are unwilling to use judgment and discretion in their enforcement of the rules then they don't deserve my support as a parent. If you are going to give my kid detention for bringing a Jolly Rancher to school or receiving one from a friend you should expect me as a parent to sick and army of lawyers on the school district and not let up until the case gets to the Supreme Court. Why? Because the law you are enforcing is stupid if it doesn't allow you the discretion to inflict a punishment that fits the situation.
And, for sure, if you were willing to take the issue that far, it could be productive. You could get the stupid rule changed - which is often (and, specifically, in this case) beyond the power of the teacher or principal, and a much more worthwhile end than simply negating the immediate consequences of one violation of the rule.
Specifically what I do not approve of is people responding to things like this by going to the teacher or principal and verbally abusing them, threatening them, etc. First off, it's just flat-out rude to do so. Second, it undermines their authority, giving your child the sense that any time the teacher does something they don't like, they can just come running to you to overrule the teacher's authority. That, to me, is absolutely the wrong lesson. It's not always right to yield to unjust rules, but most of the time rebelling against authority isn't the right decision either. What happens when you get a speeding ticket? Do you yell at the police officer, threaten him with lawsuits, etc.? Most people would say that's a bad idea because of the possibility that this will just get you in more trouble. Beyond that I contend that this is simply wrong. Contradict the officer if he is wrong, but show respect, because he has a position that commands respect. If you want to fight the charge, there's a process to follow, and yelling at the guy who enforces the rule is not part of it.
In one sense, that's a pretty ugly idea - resigning oneself to the fact that there are powers in the world to which one must submit. But that's a reality in this world. Authorities exist, and rebellion against them is something you reserve for desperate situations.
God help those who do not help themselves. -- Wilson Mizner
