Comment Not getting it. (Score 1) 744
I think you're missing the point.
Comment Re:A long list of reasons (Score 1) 744
It would have taken you a second to find out yourself:
Apple mobile devices are sealed shut, you're not supposed to replace the batteries yourself. They're not supposed to last.
Comment Re:A long list of reasons (Score 0) 744
It's not conducive to discussion to call people trolls who you do not agree with.
If you're telling me with a straight face that Apple devices are not engineered to fail in time for the next Apple device, I just can't believe you. Apple devices are consumer electronics, they're designed to be replaced every year. You're supposed to go out and buy another iPhone or iDevice at the next keynote speech. That's what you're supposed to do. I prefer to have a device that is rugged and the vendor is not just trying to milk me into buying the next one.
They said they dropped CarrierIQ but as some other commentator said, the tracking is now baked into iOS.
Imaginary problem? I'm sorry but being able to install what you want is a problem and security is no excuse. It is a trap and guarantee revenues, the security is a side benefit. I should not have to pay a fee to develop for my own device.
I highly doubt any of my concerns and my priorities are in tune with you as you already own Apple devices, you like the advantages they provide. A buyer who is mostly satisfied will never admit any flaws of a product he likes. (Post purchase rationalization) Let's just accept that you like what iDevices provide you and that I want nothing to do with them.
Comment Hungary (Score 2) 744
My phone says it was made in Hungary but I imagine it was only assembled there and the components were made in China. The battery was made in China. Unfortunate but an improvement over a completely Chinese manufactured device.
Comment A long list of reasons (Score 4, Insightful) 744
To those who have been watching Apple for years, this is just a long list of transgressions that make it obvious to avoid Apple.
- Walled gardens, vendor lock in
- Taking down applications from the App Store and including versions in iOS
- Spurious litigation and anti-competitive lawsuits in Germany and Australia
- CarrierIQ, GPS tracking privacy gaffes
- Planned failure just after warranty period (ever since the original pod)
When you think of products that are so anti consumer (not necessarily anti-usability), Apple comes to mind. As for many here, it's just business as usual as I will never buy an Apple product (especially after the first pod) anyway.
Comment Re:don't forget the cult leader (Score 1) 18
I am sorry! I was referring to the guy who made the *isanidiot' account. Just seems strange how he would single out your journal...
I should pay more attention to American politics!
Comment FreeCoder (Score 1) 5
http://slashdot.org/~FreeCoder
Highly suspicious.
Comment Re:At least on dropbox (Score 1) 428
Hello DCTech, DavidSell, InsightIn140Bytes etc.
Submission + - Ray Tracer in JavaScript (i-programmer.info)
mikejuk writes: Just when you thought you had seen everything that could impress in JavaScript, along comes another crazy application.. Now we have a ray tracer that creates very realistic 3D scenes right in your browser. Probably not up to creating the next CGI movie but still a lot of fun to play with.
Comment Different problems (Score 4, Insightful) 105
I think BrowserID and OpenID solve slightly different problems. BrowserID standardized the process of you logging in through your web browser while OpenID is about authenticating yourself through some authority (be it a server controlled by you or some third party). So that's a user-website interaction for BrowserID or website-website for OpenID.
They could actually be used together, any service that accepts OpenID logins could expose a BrowserID interface too.
Comment Simplicity (Score 5, Informative) 105
BrowserID is pretty simple. It's basically a single Javascript function that a website can call in the browser. This example on github shows the function that is called. The clientside code is then free to make requests to the server for a specific authentication mechanism, making it very flexible. The Server code just validates the username/password.
Personally, I think it's simpler to understand than things like OpenID which are convoluted and not standardized from the user point of view. Where is the standard account management protocol for OpenID?
An older Slashdot article on BrowserID for reference: http://www.yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/15/1216222/Mozilla-BrowserID-Decentralized-Federated-Login
Not heard of Enigform but will look into it!
Comment Helpful Answer (Score 1) 3
Try Sins of a Solar Empire, I have never been able to beat that game's AI, the game is very slow to play.
SimCity is fun but gets difficult when you don't know what is wrong.
Hmm have a look at this: http://aigamedev.com/open/highlights/top-ai-games/
I had no idea some of these games had those features though to be honest.
Comment Re:don't forget the cult leader (Score 1) 18
I don't care about Ron Paul but you are a paid shill.
No sane person could have your ardent zeal in hating a political candidate.
Please get a job. You are based on lies and nonsense.
Submission + - Bakery uses GNU-logo for its bacon-rolls (brezel.me)
pit.dawgg writes: Just found this post about a bakery using the original GNU-logo to advertise its bacon-rolls (well, not exactly, "Schinkenhörnchen" is (like) a croissant with ham or bacon and, possibly, cheese inside).
They probaby know NOTHING of GNU and i'm certain their way of food-production is about the opposite of what i'd consider food produced according to GNU-adapted standards: FREE (animals not incarcerated, organically grown stuff); OPEN (everybody should be able to read the recipes, all ingredients can be (re)produced); NO PATENT-ENCUMBERED ingredients like gm crops or "medication" animals would never get outside of industrial meat-production plants.
Of course that's stretching it quite far but i still think it's interesting.
They probaby know NOTHING of GNU and i'm certain their way of food-production is about the opposite of what i'd consider food produced according to GNU-adapted standards: FREE (animals not incarcerated, organically grown stuff); OPEN (everybody should be able to read the recipes, all ingredients can be (re)produced); NO PATENT-ENCUMBERED ingredients like gm crops or "medication" animals would never get outside of industrial meat-production plants.
Of course that's stretching it quite far but i still think it's interesting.
Submission + - Wozniak: I Wish My iPhone Did All The Things Andro
chrb writes: The Daily Beast reports that Android has received praise from an unexpected source — cofounder of Apple Steve Wozniak. Wozniak states that Siri is inferior to Android's voice recognition, and that Android has better GPS software, and has "more available". Woz recently visited the Google HQ to meet the staff and pick up a complementary Galaxy Nexus. But he still recommends the iPhone for "the ones who are already in the Mac world, because it's so compatible, and people who are just scared of computers altogether and don't want to use them."
