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Comment Re:Wah wah wah (Score 3, Insightful) 649

It's not that iphone is less work. They started with a focus on IOS. It's more work to port a highly focused piece of software and they just couldn't handle multiple platforms being a 2 person team. What they ended up porting to Android was such a bug ridden POS that it didn't sell at all. That doesn't mean App's dont sell on the Android. Developers just have to make decent software for it. It's just as easy to make software for Android as it is IOS, given that you plan your project to include both. They obviously relied heavily on IOS frameworks. There is nobody to blame but themselves.

Comment Re:A Brave New World (Score 1) 399

It isn't about sanitation. Touch screen devices are just as poo smeared as the average mouse or keyboard is. Touch screen's are just a gimmicky fad. I give them another 2, maybe 3 years tops. They defiantly won't have the longevity that a mouse and keyboard did. Writing UI's that are constantly hidden under fingers is a PITA, end of story. The only good thing coming from the touch screen paradigm is all the multitouch enabled app's. Multi touch is very impressive and there are many more ways to implement it other than a crappy "put your fingers all over your display" solution. A shining example that i'm absolutely ecstatic about is the Playstation Vita. More solutions need to be explored. Greasy grimey display's are getting tiresome.

Comment Re:Who can blame them? (Score -1, Flamebait) 649

Their product would sell just as well on the Google Play Store if it wasn't shitty code. The great thing about IOS is anyone who isn't running the newest version is SOL. The android market base is far hotter and developers continue to blame android for not making much money on it, rather than write a decent app that doesn't rely on the IOShit framework.

Comment Horrible Code (Score -1, Flamebait) 649

My guess is they wrote their game on top of the IOShit frameworks and the shitty port job they did wasn't compatible with anything except the cheap obscure android model's they bought to use in house. I am looking at their game, with it's incredibly complex 2d tile based engine, and wondering how shitty their code had to be that they couldn't support anything except 1 platform. This article would be less FUD if it actually went into the reasons why the Android platform is unsustainable. I suspect they just want to point fingers and absolve themselves of horrible coding practices.

Comment Re:Cameron (Score 1) 111

He is actually quite the philanthropist and oceanographer. Much more than just making movies. I don't believe he think's he's king of the world. I've never read of him or hear him saying this once. From my recollection, he's actually very humble. As for Ballard, him and Cameron work very closely together. They are both accomplished oceanographers. It was Ballard who loaned the equipment to Cameron to film the Abyss and Titanic. I'm fairly certain he is involved with this submersible project as well.

I don't understand your apprehension with this project. Exploring the ocean is a true 21st century frontier. Cameron will be bringing all the world shots of the deepest parts of the big blue, in glorious 3D IMAX. What a fucking ego whore huh?

Comment Re:Avatar (Score 1) 111

If Avatar is Pocahontas, then 2001 Space Odyssey is a western about a lonestar cowboy and his unfaithful companion. Oh and Star Wars is just some Russian opera.

Old stories get retold in new ways every time a story is told. They're all ripoffs of each other. Besides, Avatar never ripped off Pocahontas. It was obviously a Dances with Wolves space adaptation.

Comment Re:I'm ok with that so long as... (Score 1) 378

This is an absurd analogy. The ISP is a service provider who sells access to the services provided on their cable wire. Part of that agreement is an expectation of data privacy. A common home owner isn't exactly selling the services of his house. The residents are responsible for their own security. You already knew this though. Why you are trying to mix up commercial and residential expectations is beyond me.

It is okay for the ISP to be fined because they are a BUSINESS selling the SERVICES of their property to the PUBLIC.

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