delllapssuck

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by delllapssuck 14y ago
One word: choice. Starbucks has forced other coffee shops (assuming there were any- in many cities they wasn't anything comparable to Starbucks in recent times) out of the picture. Are Starbucks customers faced with an abundance of choice
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
I laughed at this. You are so right. I am a recovering DAW user, i.e. knob twiddler. Manipulating spacial environments (acoustics, not knobs) is, to me, the true "art" and the most interesting skill. It predates all this gear. And it see
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
"It's no different than Amazon's one-click." Right. But Amazon was wise. They could have seized major portions of the software patent landscape early on, they thought about going down the path Apple is on and they decided against it. In
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
Yes, I know that. Samsung is one company among many. For example, in the first iPods (which kicked off this insane run Apple is having), they relied on Toshiba for the drives. I also know that thinking Apple would be able to stay afloat i
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
You're right about one thing: evaluation of audio qualities is incredibly subjective. In a word, it comes down to "preferences". If I really want to "hear things I've never heard before" in recordings I've heard countless times in countles
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
Beautiful. For Apple, it's all about controlling the minds of consumers. And controlling their access to information about the devices. For Samsung, it's less about that and more about plain old lack of interoperability: proprietary plugs,
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
11.) Governments who sell IPR won because more and more everyone thinks the path to success in IT must go through IP registration (of junk software patents in bulk) and (kangaroo court) IP litigation; moreover they can periodically raise fe
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
That's funny. For me it had the opposite effect. Obviously he has a conscience, for anyone with an intellect who is not the least bit offended by Zynga-ism is, arguably, lacking in that capacity, i.e., in need of a real conscience.
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
Well, you must admit the average age of persons using Facebook in the span of a few years went from university age to something like mid-30's or 40's. It's just not "cool" anymore.
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
This is a consumer. Do the opinions of consumers matter? All that matters to Apple is sales. Do they care what consumers say about them on the web? Silence the nonbelievers! Consumers do not need to understand patent law to make purchase
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
In the 1990's it was copyright. Now its patent. What next? All Apple does is whine. Even when they are winning. Their internal memo/public statement goes so far as to say "it's not about patents and money". Yes, I do believe you Mr. Coo
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
Exactly. Specs/price is one thing. Dell was a clear winner in that department. But when something like a hinge breaks, or a fan starts wailing, or some other structural part of the system fails, the "specs/price" ratio suddenly does not m
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
"Do you want to be a sharecropper?" Beautifully put. Look at this way. Apple is not the first and last company to make a device that will function as a "phone". Or as an MP3 player. How are they going to stop people from 3D printing their
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
I can "sandbox" code using the shell far easier than I can control what a "modern browser" can do. Because I know the shell and my OS better than I know a "modern browser". "People are working on it..." C'mon, man. This sounds pathetic. Y
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
So distribute it some other way. If it's a great app and lots of people have a use for it, they will find a way to get it. You have the greatest distribution channel known to man at your disposal which NO ONE, not even the mighty Apple, t
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
And today it's Javascript. Same problem. Running someone else's code without reading it first. Why? Because people want to see a "doodle" or some other silly graphic. Truthfully, it's gotten worse: "Please enable Javascript." "You need to
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
Who cares?! You bought the device. It's yours not Apple's.
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
Yep. I never use the laptop's keyboard. Always use a USB keyboard and have never had any problems (e.g. drivers). Doing real typing on a tiny little laptop keyboard is for masochists. No shortage of them though. How many people are stru
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by delllapssuck 14y ago
Amen. This is why I'll never buy another inexpensive Dell laptop. Stupid things like hinges or fans will fail and the way these laptops are contructed, it's more trouble than it's worth to try to repair them, even when you know te rest of