Comment Global Warming... (Score 1) 116
Thanks a lot, Global Warming!
There should be a law. If you're to fucking stupid to realize what The Onion is, or that something came from The Onion, you don't get to comment about politics. Ever.
Actually, there should be a law that if you do not have sufficient critical thinking skills to suspect that something like that video might be a hoax or at least have some level of suspicion that it is not exactly what it appears to be, you don't get to comment on politics.
Also, we need another law. If you want to call out others as being stupid, you must be able to correctly distinguish between and use correctly the words "to," "too" and "two."
Because when I drop a phone, it's always going to be face down.
The iCat mini-applet ensures it will always land face down.
So, what you're saying is you'll take Consumer Reports' anecdotes instead?
I would. They certainly have an established reputation for impartiality. Doesn't mean everything they say is gospel truth, but as a starting stance, I'll give them more weight than what I would give someone about whom I know little or nothing.
The problem is that what made the Android OS a serious competitor to Apple was that it wasn't locked. If all phones running Android are locked as tight as an Iphone, I may as well get the Iphone and the "coolness" of owning an Apple product.
Fixed that for you!
With the iPhone 4 I can in fact reproduce the signal drop when held in my left hand, going pretty dramatically from 4 bars to only 1, but even at 1 bar the performance is outstanding and for the first time ever I've got a 100% reliable and fast connection here.[...]
So I'm not downplaying the drop in signal strength issue, as that is there when you hold it left handed (and I do usually), but that in practice it performs better, even a lot better, then my iPhone 3GS.
You are simply providing yet another anecdote to try to demonstrate that there is no problem. The issue isn't a visible drop in signal strength. It is, for apparently many people, a loss of connection. Sure, you don't have that where you happen to be. But other people are having these issues.
If you read the article, Kagen seems to think that the Government should have the power to outlaw the production of pornography altogether.[...]
“Statutes may be crafted in ways that prohibit the worst of hate speech and pornography, language that goes to sexual violence. Such statutes may still be constitutional,” Kagan assured the meeting. She pressed for “new and harsher penalties against the kinds of violence against women that takes place in producing pornography, the use of pandering statutes and pimp statutes against pornographersperhaps the initiation—the enactment of new statutes prohibiting the hiring of women for commercial purposes to engage in sexual activities.”
So, we can outlaw the production of pornography (by making it illegal to pay actresses for performing in it) and whatever the Government deems to be "hate" speech. So much for the 1st amendment. So where's the outrage from the civil libertarians in the Democratic Party? Russ Feingold, I'm looking at you.....
Why is it always just the women who are presumed to be victimized here anyhow? There is plenty of porn with men involved too. Shall we assume they also are suffering from violence against them since they are in porn? It sounds like Kagan is asserting that women are in porn only because they are being forced into it.
Laws to prevent true violence and coercion are one thing. But it sure sounds like she is actually pushing a veiled reason to enact laws to enforce a particular moral view.
You may not like them; you may not like their products; you may not like their policies; you may not like their procedures but, let's be serious, the company is not evil.
You are correct. However, I won't waste my time trying to find your similar defense of Microsoft when they have been repeatedly called evil here at
"But pressing the winkey, start typing a name or command and pressing enter to launch about anything you can think of in Win7 is "easy" in my book."
If you know exactly what app you want yes, but its really not any better than opening up a terminal window and writing the app name.
You don't really need to "know exactly what app you want." It's actually a search tool, much like Google, and we all know how easy that is. Truth is, it is a pretty useful feature.
The long version:
1. Adobe Flash is buggy and crashes a lot. Steve Jobs also seems to have a personal beef with it for some reason.
2. Apple says, "No flash on our iAnything platforms."
3. Adobe says, "Please?"
4. Apple says, "No!"
5. Adobe says, "Okay, we've made a compiler that takes a Flash script and compiles it to an iAnything native application, using HTML 5, Apple's C-variant, and Apple's API."
6. Apple says, "We've added a clause to our developer contract that says that developers are not allowed to use anything that translates code from one language to another for the iAnything platform. You have to use OUR tools, and you must write in OUR language from the start, or you - the developer - cannot play with us."
7. Adobe says, "..."
The longer story:
1. Adobe chose to target MS platforms over Apple's offerings at a time when Apple was near death and desperately needed that investment.
2. Apple recovered anyhow and rebounded with a vengeance, delivering OSX, the iPod, iPhone and iPad.
3. Adobe seeks support for their product on Apple platforms, but are turned down.
4. Apples decision is rationalized as "Adobe Flash is buggy and crashes a lot." In truth, Steve Jobs has a personal beef with them -- hardly a surprise.
5. etc...
Oh, right, I forgot, under modern antitrust laws you're allowed to be a total anti-competitive asshole until you become the 800lb gorilla.
These "modern" anti-trust laws are a century old, and were instituted because of abuses by 800 lb gorillas like Standard Oil. Microsoft has a monopoly, Apple doesn't; that's the difference, and it's a difference that matters.
All true. However, we have all seen countless postings here on
Root for Apple. Apple creates significant markets regardless of their unattractiveness.
But wait a sec -- I just read several "Insightful" comments above yours that assert Apple has no monopoly in any market. Are you saying Apple creates significant markets but fails to dominate them?
So it IS just a large ipod!
My daughter calls it an iTouch for fat people!
Yes, those are different. They agreed to release those as singles. Doesn't change the fact that their contract with EMI says that EMI can not sell their albums as anything but the full album without PF's consent.
Um, I was addressing the concept that Pink Floyd's music "is meant to be listened to as a whole...", not the terms of their contract with EMI. The band's intent apparently was not to ensure the music is heard only as a whole, since they obviously agreed to release songs off those albums as singles. Granted, I far prefer hearing their whole albums, but that romantic view that they were seeking to preserve the artistic integrity of the whole work does not jive with the fact they released albums from those whole works.
Pink Floyd's music is meant to be listened to as a whole, albums are (the good ones) carefully prepared and are one piece of music story.
Except for the singles the band agreed to release, right? You know, "Money," "Us and Them," "Have a cigar," "Wish You Were Here," "Another Brick in the Wall," etc.
If a thing's worth doing, it is worth doing badly. -- G.K. Chesterton
