Posts by John 104 1062 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Jul 2009
But you could take it a step further and quote Apple:
"Apple have invented a new, magical place, where our 'computers' work their wonderous things. This new concept is called 'data center' and is the first of its kind. And also the largest. We will now sue everyone else who had already created a data center for patent infringement. You see, ours specifies that the badge reader is on the LEFT side of the door..."
it all blows anyway. I'll be the first in line to buy ebooks when the publishers and resellers stop gouging consumers. Charging the face value for an electronicaly formatted title is a rip off. There are no printing costs, no distribution, no middle man. You have an already formatted text, saved as a variety of ebook styles - a days work at best. Put infrastructure, rented or otherwise, on the bill, plus the nominal cut for the publisher and author and these things don't really cost much to impliment. Instead, the industry has just shifted the format and kept the savings to themselves. Fuckem.
@AC
"but then of course they borrowed pinch to zoom from Apple."
Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is just another tech that Apple and others have used. It is not new and exclusive to Apple and then copied by the rest of the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch
Me and my fishing buddy watch this film every spring, ahead of Salmon season. Last year we watched it on his boat, at dusk, with my 12 year old in tow. It was epic.
Try this for funL
Every time they say water, take a drink.
Every time they say shark, take a drink.
But don't do them both in the same viewing!
Too funny. I have a client who is a millionair. He is a very smart person who has done very well for himself over his career. He is technically incompetent, ie. gran. Outside of simple browsing and basic apps, I have to do any number of "complicated' things like setting up wireless or email, etc on his Apple products. Is it easy? Not really when compared to other systems. Installing a printer? Much easier on a PC or vanilla Linux. Setting up email on a phone or tablet? Easier on Android. Could he do these on his own like gran? Obviously not...
Mine's the one with the extra check in the pocket...
It's not the quantity, its the quality.
The same could be said for when the Japanese invaded Pearl Harbor. A few thousand were killed on our side. Then a few million on the Japanese side. Grab the tiger by the tail and you'll get the teeth.
It is really surprising that no one seems to remember how much of a beat down we gave the Japanese after their actions in '41. We got our own licks as well, but nothing like what we dished out.
The moral: Don't fuck with the US on our own soil or you will get a serious ass kicking. The rest of the world may not like it, but really, here in the US we don't care when it comes down to it.
@Nince Circles
You'll have to explain how showing a notification at the top of the screen and pulling down box with past notification is less obvious than what Apple has patented, but maybe another day. I'm already over the daily dose of hypocrisy allowed by my doctor
It is no less obvious than round corners or "look and feel" characteristics that Apple is suing on. Somehow it is OK for Apple but not for google?
@ Andrew
OK. Here is a real "cost to society". If this ruling stands, Samsung has to pay 1.2 BILLION dollars(US) to Apple. Do you honestly think that they aren't going to pass this on to consumers by way of higher price tags for their devices? Or perhaps they will just not spend so much to develop features for their kit. Or both. That affects anyone who might consider buying their product. You can say that they have deep pockets all you want, but I guarantee you that no one at Samsung is just shrugging this off and saying to themselvs, "oh, well, no worries. We have lots of money and this is just a small percentage."
Next Apple will be trying to get a royalty for every square electronic device in your home.
This is a pointed statement here in the states. If the ruling stands, then it will be used for case law. At that point, Apple could legitimately sue or demand royalty payment from any manufacturer of electronics for putting round corners on anything. TV, Computer, Laptop, microwave, you name it. This ruling MUST NOT STAND just for that reason alone.
The 8 year old wasn't killed. Just critically injured. I believe she is out of the hospital by now; this story is about 4 months old if I remember.
The fireworks deal. Sigh, what can I say? That guy was an idiot. But, we still got our show. :)
I live in Kitsap Coutny. By association, your readers (or at least one) must also be naturally stupid. :) Actually, a great number of IT folk live in the county and commute to Seattle and destinations East for work. So it's probably more than just me.
The polarizm is all about the dollar. If huge sums of money weren't involved, this would not be the issue it is. However, people have made careers out of thiis topic. Business have made billion dollar decisions based on this topic and the FUD and warm fuzzies that it produces. It isn't going away, unfortunately, because there is just too much at stake.
What everyone is really saying here is that Apple doesn't have any thing that distinguishes itself. The best it can do is compete on looks. There are no real substantive differences. There's no real reason for someone to buy an Apple product.
You aren't really just figuring this out, are you?
Missed the boat on this one. The plastic insert is NOT for streamlining the round. The point of the insert is to allow uniform expansion of the round upon impact. If you look at the difference between straight hollow points vs nosler style rounds you can see the benefit. A typical hollow point usually expands in an irregular manner or fragments on entry. The nosler style provides a wider expansion, maximizing target damage.
/ammo nerd hat off
now, where is my Glock...Time to go kill some zombie.
This is such a joke. Solar is nothing but a touchy feely carrot to give to all the limp wristed hand wringers who want to feel like they are making a difference when they buy x companies product. It is horribly ineffecient and costly in both dollars and waste material to construct. The rate of failure is high for the investment as well. But hey, its Apple, pretty soon, they will be saying they invented the idea....(and suing someone for it)
Having worked for a VC backed company, who burned through around 50 million over several years, I can tellyou, it goes fast. Head count isn't cheap. Figure around 100k per head US for worker bees. More for execs. Plus equipment, licenseing, etc, It goes fast and if you don't have a good product or one that is selling quickly you need to ask for more. Also, venture capatolists tend to throw good money for bad...
The big difference is that with Apple it is supposed to "just work" and is the entire platform. This is just one phone of many that run Android. I'd like to see the engineers at Apple pull off the multi platform functionality that the Android does, as well as the Windows world. My guess is, it would be a huge fail....
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