Comment Re:Not as long as it's done in a crippled way. (Score 1) 297
HTML vs. Flash
Comment Re:Why this matters (Score 1) 520
Well, I've seen this mentioned a few times but surely you should provide some evidence as to why you think there is no succession plan. I mean apple is after all famously secretive!
Comment Re:You present the Apple Hater meme, not reality. (Score 1) 520
I'm happy you won't get modded up because you sure are full of hyperbole ;)
Perhaps you should ask for your money back because that education was a waste. Even a cursory check on wikipedia shows that you are insulting the true victims of facism.
Now run along back to your walled garden games console and enjoy your hypocrisy ;) ;)
Comment Re:Walled Paradice. (Score 1) 249
My toaster can only make toast out of the box without some serious modding. Thankfully there are a whole lot of other choices if I don't like the restrictions imposed on me by the evil toaster company.
Comment Re:Not like Apple (Score 1) 139
Google says "We don't like it so we will not distribute it. You're of course free to get it elsewhere."
Are you sure that this freedom is virally guaranteed? Otherwise Google are actually saying "we wash our hands of it, please check with your friendly, neighbourhood handset provider" I don't know the answer to this, but if no then we need to start adding this very important caveat to all generalisations made about what the customer can expect from android powered phones.
Comment Re:Says it all, really (Score 1) 139
Except that there is no such practical thing as an "Android user" as you haven't considered the handset manufacturer, network provider and the stacks of legalese that they put between you and your OS. Not to mention any modifications that have been applied to your phone to lock down your experience, eg crapware that can't be removed, blocking root access etc.
And google by the way are responsible for this because when they chose the android license (as a known side effect of the linux codebase they elected to use) they knew full well this shit would happen. So remember that android is only open to your local cuddly handset provider, Google couldn't give a stuff about you. Except for your lovely private data.
Comment Re:What's wrong with this? (Score 1) 139
Well ok, except that Apple has received a lot of flack for running a curated app store period. The argument that Apple should allow alternative stores is much more legitimate, but as I see it the stores themselves are equally as closed.
Comment Re:welcome to the future (Score 1) 600
Google and google alone chose to base Android on the Linux kernel and apache harmony libraries so yes, they are entirely responsible for the resultant license. Correction: they bought Android in order to claw their way back up with Apple as quickly as possible.
Boy, the Google apologists are rapidly catching up with the Apple apologists and may even surpass them in a future release ;)
Boy, the Google apologists are rapidly catching up with the Apple apologists and may even surpass them in a future release
Comment Re:Misleading Headline. (Score 1) 600
An open box inside a locked box is still effectively locked, so I see little difference. Google collude with the handset manufacturers on this because they don't explicitly forbid this practice in their legalese.
Woman's Nude Pics End Up Online After Call To Tech Support 197
Tara Fitzgerald couldn't find the nude pictures she planned on sending to her boyfriend, but instead of just taking more, she decided to see if a Dell tech support call could fix her problem. Apparently the tech support guy found them. Unfortunately, he then put them up on a site called "bitchtara."
Comment Re:I've had a long-running problem (Score 1) 756
Not sure which fanbois modded you up, but you are NOT insightful. You got a basic fact wrong, that multitasking is the only way to save state, and ran with it. All the apps I use on my iTouch take me back to where I last was when I bring them up again.
Comment Re:Geeks miss the point again. (Score 1) 756
Meanwhile, the geeks are running around blasting Apple products for all the things they "don't have" and recommending complex alternatives.
Wait, so multitasking is a "complex alternative"? Please.
Yes, MICROSOFT'S XBOX is meant to be a computing appliance. But ffs, no fucking user-level multitasking? Christ, people bitched and complained about PalmOS and it's lack of multitasking, and now you're cheering it on like it's some kind of feature. It's fucking baffling.
That and the fact that the XBOX is a completely closed off system puts it off my list. No, I don't believe a GAMES CONSOLE must be a general purpose computer. But I do believe that I should at least be able to install what I want on it from whatever source I like, and I should be able to run more than one fucking GAME at the same damn time.
Man this is going to be easy
Comment Yeah but... (Score 2, Funny) 551
They don't even hold a candle to gaffer tape programmers.
Comment Can't we compare it (Score 1) 229
to a car?
Comment Homer simpson (Score 1) 216
Mmmmm, mackerels in brine
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