Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Mar 2012 10:42 UTC
Over the years, one thing has been very hard to grasp for some people: the fact that people want smartphones with 4.0"+ screens. These 'some people' seem to believe that because Apple chose a 3.5" display, any display size that isn't 3.5" is wrong. Keep that in mind when you read Samsung's latest little communiqué: the Korean giant has sold (not shipped, sold) more than 5 million Galaxy Notes. Which has a 5.3" screen.
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RE[5]: It is terrible though
by leos on Thu 29th Mar 2012 22:45
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Member since:2005-09-21
"Thom claims Apple said things,
You know just as well as I do that I did not mean Apple has actually physically said that - is a reference to the legions of fanboys and the total insistence on 3.5" combined. The crazy phrasing was giving it away. "
You are flat out wrong. You said "Apple hath stated that 3.5" is the optimal display size".
There is no possible interpretation of that sentence that could mean anything other than "Apple, the company, has officially stated that 3.5" is the optimal display size". If you meant to say that "apple fans have said that..." then you wrote it wrong. This isn't up for debate, these are the simple rules of language.
RE[6]: It is terrible though
by Thom_Holwerda on Thu 29th Mar 2012 22:48
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Member since:2005-06-29
There is no possible interpretation of that sentence that could mean anything other than "Apple, the company, has officially stated that 3.5" is the optimal display size". If you meant to say that "apple fans have said that..." then you wrote it wrong. This isn't up for debate, these are the simple rules of language.
Not everything is to be interpreted literally - especially not when it's written down in the tone that it is. That's how language works - by using certain words or striking a certain tone, you can invoke different meanings. The fact that just two people - two resident Apple fans, at that - fail to see this is telling, at best.
RE[6]: It is terrible though
by fatjoe on Fri 30th Mar 2012 15:30
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Member since:2010-01-12
From the iPhone 4 press event:
Question: Is there anything you could have said in the launch keynote to lower expectations?
Steve: [...] And one of the things we’ve learned is that as a leader in the smartphone world now, we need to educate. So what we need was data. And now we’ve got some and we’re sharing it now. You could make a really big smartphone that doesn’t have this problem — some of these guys are making Hummers now — so big you can’t get your hand around it. But no one’s going to buy that. But the press around this, maybe it’s because people thought we were perfect, and they saw somewhere we aren’t, and they jumped on it."
(BTW, Jobs was refering to the new "huge" 4.1" phones)
RE[5]: It is terrible though
by MOS6510 on Fri 30th Mar 2012 05:52
in reply to "RE[4]: It is terrible though"
Member since:2011-05-12
So a quote about IBM that may (MAY) be applied to Apple is your only proof to support another Apple rant?
You didn't do any other research, spoke to anyone from Apple, any Apple user, looked up any articles? Or if you did you decided not to mention this and just present a quote you think may (MAY!) also be applied to Apple.
I know how the Internet works. Anyone can call him/herself a journalist, raise assumptions and his/her own view of the world as fact without any proof and say anything they want, while their readers believe it, because like the author it's what they want to believe.
And again you present Apple users as a large horde that dines in the same restaurant and well, basically hangs out all day together, everybody with the same annoying characteristics and harassing innocent non-Apple users that just happen to pass by.
You try, again and again, make it look like a them (evil) and us (good). That's not how it works. There are iPhone users that use PCs, MOST iPhone users don't even have a Mac. There are Mac users that don't have an iPhone. There are Mac/iPhone users that don't have an AppleTV, but another media device. There are Apple users that don't like iTunes, there are PC users that do. The real fanatical Apple user is a minority of a minority. And even they don't care about the screen size!
And not all Android users are fighting for freedom by modding their phone all day, most don't give a damn about it (they don't even know it can be done, or even what it is, or would even care). And why do people buy the Note? Because they have bad eyes and fatty fingers. Nothing wrong with that.
RE[6]: It is terrible though
by Thom_Holwerda on Fri 30th Mar 2012 06:05
in reply to "RE[5]: It is terrible though"
Member since:2005-06-29
And again you present Apple users as a large horde
What? I didn't mention Apple users once. I talked about some tech bloggers. How you got from that to all Apple users is... Fascinating.
Mind you, I'm an avid Apple user. So are my parents and many of my friends. Why would I insult them?
RE[6]: It is terrible though
by polaris20 on Fri 30th Mar 2012 19:33
in reply to "RE[5]: It is terrible though"
Member since:2005-07-06
So a quote about IBM that may (MAY) be applied to Apple is your only proof to support another Apple rant?
You didn't do any other research, spoke to anyone from Apple, any Apple user, looked up any articles? Or if you did you decided not to mention this and just present a quote you think may (MAY!) also be applied to Apple.
I know how the Internet works. Anyone can call him/herself a journalist, raise assumptions and his/her own view of the world as fact without any proof and say anything they want, while their readers believe it, because like the author it's what they want to believe.
And again you present Apple users as a large horde that dines in the same restaurant and well, basically hangs out all day together, everybody with the same annoying characteristics and harassing innocent non-Apple users that just happen to pass by.
You try, again and again, make it look like a them (evil) and us (good). That's not how it works. There are iPhone users that use PCs, MOST iPhone users don't even have a Mac. There are Mac users that don't have an iPhone. There are Mac/iPhone users that don't have an AppleTV, but another media device. There are Apple users that don't like iTunes, there are PC users that do. The real fanatical Apple user is a minority of a minority. And even they don't care about the screen size!
And not all Android users are fighting for freedom by modding their phone all day, most don't give a damn about it (they don't even know it can be done, or even what it is, or would even care). And why do people buy the Note? Because they have bad eyes and fatty fingers. Nothing wrong with that.
You didn't do any other research, spoke to anyone from Apple, any Apple user, looked up any articles? Or if you did you decided not to mention this and just present a quote you think may (MAY!) also be applied to Apple.
I know how the Internet works. Anyone can call him/herself a journalist, raise assumptions and his/her own view of the world as fact without any proof and say anything they want, while their readers believe it, because like the author it's what they want to believe.
And again you present Apple users as a large horde that dines in the same restaurant and well, basically hangs out all day together, everybody with the same annoying characteristics and harassing innocent non-Apple users that just happen to pass by.
You try, again and again, make it look like a them (evil) and us (good). That's not how it works. There are iPhone users that use PCs, MOST iPhone users don't even have a Mac. There are Mac users that don't have an iPhone. There are Mac/iPhone users that don't have an AppleTV, but another media device. There are Apple users that don't like iTunes, there are PC users that do. The real fanatical Apple user is a minority of a minority. And even they don't care about the screen size!
And not all Android users are fighting for freedom by modding their phone all day, most don't give a damn about it (they don't even know it can be done, or even what it is, or would even care). And why do people buy the Note? Because they have bad eyes and fatty fingers. Nothing wrong with that.
Best post in this thread; I'd mod you up if I hadn't already posted. I'm not sure who's more hated on the Internet by sites like this; Apple or their users. The problem with the latter is like you stated, not all of us are the wild-eyed nutjobs that Thom and others attempt to paint us as. Sure, I've got a Mac. I've got an iPhone. I've even got an iPad.
But I've also got a nice quad core Ubuntu box, and an ESX server that's got a bunch of FOSS OSes on there, including a Debian server running Plex that serves up movies to my two Roku boxes. I've even got a Windows machine running as a DVR/Media PC.
The sooner people stop thinking of OSes (be it phones, tablets, or desktops) as a friggin' religion, the better.
RE[5]: It is terrible though
by chithanh on Sat 31st Mar 2012 13:08
in reply to "RE[4]: It is terrible though"
Member since:2006-06-18
"Thom claims Apple said things,
You know just as well as I do that I did not mean Apple has actually physically said that - is a reference to the legions of fanboys and the total insistence on 3.5" combined. The crazy phrasing was giving it away. "
Just change "stated" into "decided" and "Apple's word" into "what comes from Apple". This does not affect the point of the article at all, and will not shut up the fanboys, but it addresses their criticism.
Edited 2012-03-31 13:09 UTC
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"Microsoft has sensationally abandoned its controversial plans to restrict the sharing of XBox One games, and has also removed daily online authentication requirements for its forthcoming console", reports The Guardian. They had no choice. Still a good move.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/19/13 22:28 UTC
"A snippet of code in the Steam digital distribution platform has revealed that Valve may be planning to let users easily share their games with friends in the future. The Verge has verified the code's authenticity, which was originally spotted by a member of the NeoGAF gaming forum; the code references a 'shared game library' and a notification that would alert a user when their games are currently in use by a borrower." This would change the, uh, game.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:33 UTC
Official Apple statement on PRISM and privacy: "Regardless of the circumstances, our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it." This is basically Apple re-publishing their earlier statement in a more official manner. You either believe it, or you don't.
Linked by Anonymous on 06/18/13 22:26 UTC
The open source Contiki operating system and its commercial Thingsquare distribution are making strides towards the connected home. According to a Computerworld article, a new LED light bulb manufacturer is putting small computers into their light bulbs. Each computer runs the Contiki OS, which gives each bulb an IP address and allows them to be controlled with a smartphone application. To connect the bulbs to the application, the bulbs use both Wi-Fi and the much lower power IEEE 802.15.4 mesh technology.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:25 UTC
"Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government. The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, is the latest move by the California-based tech giant to protect its reputation in the aftermath of news reports about sweeping National Security Agency surveillance of Internet traffic." Draining the ditch after the cow has drowned in it.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:45 UTC
"I can't find one person who has been using the Nexus 7 for an extended period of time, and hasn't seen a massive downgrade in performance. Just what kind of downgrade are we talking here? I cannot pick up my Nexus 7 without experiencing problems like a lag of ten seconds, or more, just to rotate the display; touches refusing to acknowledged; stuttering notification panel actions; and unresponsive apps." Fully and utterly agreed. My Nexus 7 was blazing-fast and awesome for a few months, and at some point, it just started sucking. Just like that. I've tried loads of ROMs, and nothing helps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:32 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
A new release of the hobby operating system MenuetOS! The release notes are a bit non-descript, but you'll have to take what you can get: "updates and improvements (picview, httpc, ehci, ...)".
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:58 UTC
"The Internet is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. And this is far from being a solved problem. There are many terrestrial challenges to Internet connectivity - jungles, archipelagos, mountains. There are also major cost challenges. Right now, for example, in most of the countries in the southern hemisphere, the cost of an Internet connection is more than a month's income. Solving these problems isn't simply a question of time: it requires looking at the problem of access from new angles. So today we're unveiling our latest moonshot from Google[x]: balloon-powered Internet access." Insane.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:52 UTC
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/14/13 21:03 UTC
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You know just as well as I do that I did not mean Apple has actually physically said that - is a reference to the legions of fanboys and the total insistence on 3.5" combined. The crazy phrasing was giving it away.
Oh dear god READ the actual linked article there. The linked article is about how that old quote about IBM can be applied to Apple. Pretty damn obvious. Are you even REMOTELY aware of how the internet works, with links and all?
You can do better than this.
Edited 2012-03-29 20:17 UTC