jstevens85

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by jstevens85 17y ago
It would be great if someone could copy the text of their post. My developer account recently expired and I don't really want to pay $99 just to view one forum post.
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>it is hard to imagine the opposition Liberal Party ... opposing it. My understanding is that they opposed ISP level filtering while in government. Here are some comments made by Senior Opposition Frontbencher Joe Hockey a few days ago:
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Although that may appear to be the case, the reality is that censorship has remain unchanged in Australia for a quite a long time. If you're referring to video game censorship, that's not a recent problem, but something that's existed for a
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Does anyone know how Opera makes money from this version? Surely the bandwidth and computational costs of processing, compressing and sending out webpages would exceed revenue from Google search, right?
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sigh. So this is the level of maturity we're to expect in the future from news.ycombinator? There are obviously features beyond in-app buying and iAd that differentiate iPhone OS from the rest of the smartphone market.
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>I can't help but think that what Jobs means here is "intermediary layers that aren't ours automatically produce inferior products". Is that not true though? In most cases, apps that use an intermediary layer will not be as polished or
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I think perhaps what the parent meant is that Apple wants to maintain the current barrier to entry. I think perhaps they're worried about the shitload of crap apps that will end up being submitted for approval once Flash CS5 is released.
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>like Jobs claimed that 'nobody reads anymore' and some time later Apple now sells iBooks The point Jobs was making was that a device used exclusively for reading would never be successful. He wasn't suggesting that it would be pointles
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> I just don't want to rent my right to develop and deploy on my device >I am not opposed to Apple keeping its OS closed. I am fine with the Apple Store distribution "choke point". These two statements contradict each other. A close
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>the device launched with a PHP IDE in the App Store on day one, amongst other code-related applications. I can't seem to find any of these applications (I'm not sure how to browse for iPad specific apps in iTunes). Does anyone know whi
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Think of the iPad as the Macintosh 128k. It provides a glimpse of how we will interact with computers in the future, yet at the moment is undeveloped and lacks the features and software of mainstream computers. The Mac 128k lacked a hard dr
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>but that Apple and others are trying to create a future where closed systems are the default, and open systems are either illegal or heavily marginalized. I myself find it difficult to imagine a future where the vast majority of applic
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>with no accountability whatsoever. The legislation has been delayed so that the government can implement "transparency and accountability" measures. >It's a great way for a government to get its foot in the door into controlling wh
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Some reports suggest that Apple is having trouble sourcing touch panels. http://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/26/apples-ipad-touch-panel-...
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by jstevens85 17y ago
I believe part of the reason for the existence of Silicon Valley in the US is Stanford and Berekely. You have two great schools that attract the smartest engineers from all over the country. That doesn't exist in Europe. Firstly, there is a
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>It's highly constructive when the prevailing mode of discussing the issue blames public policy and business practices, as this article does. I've reread the article and I don't think that the author is blaming public policy. The articl
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You should include Google along with Apple. I understand that Chrome OS won't allow any native apps whatsoever. The only native apps that will run are Google developed apps. So by your logic, Google is even more evil than Apple, right?
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I don't think the author was implying that stopping when the note is found implies a "lucky" personality. I think Dr. Wiseman was looking for personality traits that are common amongst "unlucky" people. The newspaper test demonstrated that
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Am I right in saying that a tool like ANTLR would take care of most of these steps? Although I'd love to learn compiler theory someday and do everything myself, I'm constrained by time right now. What tools, frameworks could help speed this
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Could someone explain to a non-CS major (Maths) what would be the simplest, quickest way to implement a BASIC to JavaScript compiler?
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There is only one worldwide version of Fallout 3; the Australian version is identical to the US copy. The item Morphine was renamed Med-X to pass through the Australian Classfication Board. The name change was also applied to all other inte
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The full interview can be seen here, and is worth watching: http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/stephen-conroy-extende... Conroy wasn't talking about YouTube specifically, but about Google and high-volume websites in general that curren
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"What's going on down there? There's been a burst of these sorts of stories lately." Nothing. There hasn't been a burst of censorship recently. As far as I'm aware, censorship laws have remain unchanged for quite some time. What's happened
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It obviously isn't to Chinese standards. China censors dissent and political opposition. The Australian Constitution protects freedom of political communication. Therefore, any laws that restrict the ability of residents to discuss and crit
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2433845.htm?si... This is probably the only article I've read that is pro-filter. "Oh, and the ones with the government contract to implement the filter." The government body ACMA will maintai
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The obvious problem of allowing arbitrary programs on the iPhone is that it opens the door to piracy. That's the main reason why Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo spend a huge amount of resources trying to prevent hackers from opening up their g
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I don't think this is a major lapse in judgement. It's standard practice for newspapers/magazines to ask for a certain number of pages of advertisements in exchange for a feature article. In fact, I know that for many smaller trade magazine
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What would corruption have to do with censoring the Internet?
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I'm growing less concerned about it actually. If you believe that the world is moving towards web apps, then what programs you can install on your device becomes irrelevant. Google Voice runs well as a web app, and the $30 unlimited AT&
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> When I hear publishers talking about windowing books on my Kindle to protect their no-longer-relevant-to-me hardcovers and physical distribution systems, I get a little upset. It's important to note that Macmillan was only considering

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