Comment Re:Spot the obvious problem (Score 1) 95
Why would it take a hearing?
Comment Re:Office on iOS is really not the same (Score 1) 724
Are you really going to be writing your thesis paper
I've seen people doing it
Comment Re:Freedom (Score 1) 515
Also: Some people value freedom so much they give up all sorts of freedom to keep their options open.
Comment iTunes DJ/ Up Next (Score 1) 295
I miss iTunes DJ, I guess I'll have to learn how to interact with Up Next instead.
With apple sometimes these transitions are easy and for the better (e.g. almost every radical change I remember in Safari), sometimes they are just annoying and remain so (e.g. removal of whatever the grid multi-desktop ui was called... screens or something)
Comment You can do better (Score 1) 287
only 3 uses of tantrum? I think you can do better "an anonymous reader"
Comment Re:GODDAMNED DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME!!!1!! (Score 1) 475
he INVENTED lightning!
Comment Re:OK, stick a fork in them, they're done. (Score 1) 743
Rim used to make more money than god. It didn't take much to turn that around...
http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/net_income
http://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/net_income
Looking at the past 10 years of net income quarterlies, I don't see a single quarter Apple should swap with RIM, though I didn't check them all.
Apple hasn't failed to make a billion dollars in a quarter since 2007. RIM hasn't made a billion dollars in a quarter (in the past 10 years).
(Although looking at their net income trend going backward I'm guessing *ever* since there wasn't a comparatively huge market for email phones longer than 10 years ago.)
Recent Apple Java Update Doesn't Fix Critical Java Flaw Claims Researcher 102
hypnosec writes "Just yesterday Apple released updates to fix Java vulnerabilities, but it seems the patch doesn't actually target the recently discovered high-profile Java bug that has been the talk of the web during the last two weeks. The two updates – Java for OS X 2012-005 for OS X Lion and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 10 for Mountain Lion, are meant to tackle the vulnerability described in CVE-2012-0547. But according to KerbsOnSecurity, it seems Cupertino hasn't addressed the recent mega-vulnerabilities in Java as described in CVE-2012-4681."
Update: 09/07 12:00 GMT by S : As readers have pointed out, these updates address flaws in Java 6, which is the version Apple maintains. The recently-reported Java vulnerabilities primarily affect Java 7, the patching of which is handled solely by Oracle. Nothing to see here.
Comment No he isn't... (Score 1) 570
this is a hoax
Bruce Willis Considering Legal Action Against Apple Over iTunes Collection 570
First time accepted submitter oobayly writes "It appears that Bruce 'Die Hard' Willis isn't too impressed that he can't include his iTunes collection in his estate when he dies. According to the article: 'Bruce Willis, the Hollywood actor, is said to be considering legal action against Apple so he can leave his iTunes music collection to his three daughters.' Such a high profile individual complaining about the ability to own your digital music can only be a good thing, right?"
Comment Re:Command Line = GUI just ask Claude Shannon (Score 2) 654
what is an example of a non-graphical user interface? A system where the feedback is not visual, but yet it is still human/system interaction.
iOS with VoiceOver turned on, used by a blind person
Comment Re:People want cheaper tablets (Score 1) 657
screen resolution (i.e. numbers) is etherial... Looking at a screen and noticing it is clearly better (comparing an iPad2 to a new iPad) isn't
Comment no (Score 1) 70
just no.
This is the worst slashdot title/article/posting yet.
I keep posting that, or meaning to post that and losing interest... let's see if this one makes it thorough.
Comment Re:Apple is beside itself on this one. (Score 1) 136
"
should be
"...you have to forgo a cellphone."
Comment Re:Oh lord (Score 1) 145
where by "they" you mean some random author from some random site called parity news
