Nerds like to tinker. So they hate things / people / circumstances / companies that try to stop / make illegal / make difficult to tinker.

That would make a lot of sense, but one of the EASIEST things to tinker with on the planet (from a software perspective) is a jailbroken iPhone!!

That's why I don't get why supposed "nerds" are so against iOS.

Why is it so hackable? Because of Objective-C being such a dynamic language, you essentially have the ability to inject code at any method calling points in EVERY APPLICATION. And because it is such a verbose language with named parameters, usually a decompiled app is really easy to figure out where the key methods are.

That is huge. It means you can easily tweak a small part of any app, rather than having your choice be simply replacing some monolithic piece of the system or doing nothing at all.

And to top it off, it's all UNIX to boot. I mean come on, there's hardly ever been anything so hacker friendly once you strip away the thin veneer of protection Apple coats the OS to keep non-technical users safe.

So basically from my standpoint, nerds that hate on Apple aren't actually nerds at all, or else just badly misinformed nerds. But I am greatly suspicious of ANYONE who is supposed to be a nerd being uninformed, because nerds are also supposed to be curious and driven to research any topic deeper...

I have nothing against Android either from a tinkering perspective, but it's simply not as flexible to hack because of these differences.

There's something mentally amiss with a large swath of the population here. They call others "fanbois" (with the extra-gay 'i' for good measure), but all they do is spew hatred for the things they don't like.

Exactly right!

I point out flaws in ANY product as I find them, I point out things I like about ANY product. And yet for the trouble I'm labeled some kind of Apple "fanboi", even though I pointed out plenty of negative things about Apple (like agreeing from the start the patent lawsuits were a bad idea) while pointing out good things about Windows Mobile and other devices, not to mention staunch PalmOS support...

It's really a shame that so many here are lost to hate. What kind of life is that to just going around constantly preaching hate for anything? It has to eat you from the inside.

Exactly your message is why I changed my signature to what it is now.

If you knowingly trick a computer into giving you money that's not yours

How is this really any different than computer glitches that offer items on sale on websites for pennies on the dollar? In those cases people scream that the merchant must honor the purchase, even though it means the merchant is out a ton of money by doing so.

Just because there is a bug in a program does not make benefitting from it fraud, especially not from a state machine designed to spit out money. He just figured out a more beneficial path.

Who will they decide for? Grey area? Not so much.

Why not? The first judge already recommended dismissal; he's already doing better than the company. No reason why that should not continue to be so.

What does this sentence even mean?

It means people hate recharging batteries. Try reading.

Did Apple invent a new battery that never runs out when I wasn't looking?

Why are you even talking about Apple? Apple devices have to be recharged also. Are you some kind of idiot?

Did you mean "replacing" batteries?

Because most people don't do that ever, the ones that do do so MAYBE once every three years. You need to learn about scale, something that happens daily is WAY more annoying than something you MIGHT have to do every three years.

with my Galaxy S3, I don't change the battery

I get it, you're an Apple Hater. Apple Haters make ANY argument all about Apple even when Apple was never brought into the equation before. Sorry, but the adults here are having a real discussion. Run along kid.

P.S. it's just as easy to carry and use an external battery pack as it is a spare battery. That argument was lost long ago, when even Google started shipping with sealed devices.

People did that regularly with several models of cell phones.

Cell phone batteries are larger and less fragile than tiny Glass batteries would be. And people only ever carried ONE spare, if they even carried one at all (I never did for any cell phone I've ever owned)

But there's also that new battery model, which if it scales well, could solve the entire problem.

I totally agree but I was responding to how additional batteries would work. My original point comes down to they don't and that device needs something like a sealed battery that holds a charge for well over a day. For glasses additional batteries are just really impractical and will greatly limit the market for the device.

But the (female) jack point in the iPod is fragile and has only one set of contacts

Aha, that makes way more sense. I didn't realize the iPod jacks were not very good, the iPhone / iPod jack sockets seem OK to me, I don't have an iPod. Sorry for the confusion.

Not sure if you can unclip it from the frame, but if so, it would fit nicely in my pocket protector.

Even if you could do that (100% chance the answer is no because of the way it attaches to both the front and sides of the frames) where would you put the frames themselves? Leave them on? That would be even less acceptable to people than simply wearing the "dead" glasses.

I was a bit surprised to see C and C++ but no Objective-C support.
If Blackberry is really hoping to get those "killer apps" ported over, supporting Objective-C would seem like a no-brainer.

ORLY? Who made that rule?

Google did, through design choices.

Look at it. When not wearing, are you going to:

1) Put in pocket with keys
2) Put in pocket with phone.
3) Put in backpack with books.

Look at any image showing the whole thing. It doesn't even fold up like sunglasses so you cannot use a case. It would not fit in a pocket, and you'd be an idiot to do so anyway as it looks really fragile.

Great. That's where the camera is. I'll have some wonderful footage... ...or you would have if your battery had not run out about an hour ago.

Since it's, effectively, a pair of glasses, make each of the temples or temple tips be a rechargable battery

That is a really, really REALLY REALLY bad idea.

People are supposed to put on the glasses (even if they don't wear glasses) and then also remember to bring three or four handfuls of batteries, and not lose them also? And you also have to remember to charge three or four sets of these tiny things every day?

At that point the whole thing is only slightly more practical than just wearing an Occulus with a motorcycle battery in a backpack!

Since google has been better at design (lately) than Apple (who came up with craptacular earphone jacks for the latest iPods)

The latest iPod earbuds are the only ones ever made I can stand to wear more than an hour. That includes the custom shaped ones.... I spent a few hundred on a nice set of earbuds but after I got the newer Apple earbuds, the Apple buds are the ones I use on planes simply because I can leave them in. The sounds is not as good but the shape is far, far better.

Apple also apparently understands that most people hate recharging batteries, a fact that seems lost on Slashdot.

Too bad about Waze not using OSM, I really thought I was helping out with road updates.

I don't mind doing small amounts of work for free if it means I get some really useful results!

I really had no idea they were not using and contributing to OSM anymore, I've been using the app a long time...

That's really too bad.

So are there any good apps that are in fact based on OSM and contribute back? I wouldn't mind switching away from Waze if there was something close in utility.

I'm especially happy for npppd and OpenSMTPD. I have them both on running and find them simply excellent. Now that they are 'production worthy', more people can use them without jumping through a few minor hoops.

npppd works very well for getting a VPN working with a stock iOS device.

I have and regularly use Waze, a really great map/navigation app available on all major mobile platforms.

The navigation is not too bad, a bit wonky at times - but where Waze really shines is in general driving around information where you just want to see what streets are around you, and also map updates.

You can pretty easily mark a problem on a map, and even better if there's a road that is not on the map you can go into "bulldozer mode" and add it. I believe the changes you make in the app are forwarded to community map moderators.

Waze also has great community features of marking hazards, like problems with the road, stuff on the side or police traps and speed cameras.