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by nika 16y ago
I've been observing Apple and Steve Jobs since the late 1970s. I'm guessing that many of you were born well after that point, and have grown up your whole lives with this mythology about Jobs. It's a load of bunk. Jobs is charismatic, but
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by nika 16y ago
Apple allows you to run any software you want on your device. If you want something that isn't in the appstore, then you can have a webapp that works as a native app, that can be downloaded from the web, appear as an app on a page of apps
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by nika 16y ago
Hulu refers to crackle.com. Crackle has "minisodes" which seem to date from 2002-2003. It is owned by Sony, distributed by CBS and seems to be syndicated, which means there is no network that carries it specifically, and thus no online dis
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by nika 16y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by an "authentic community". I have many friends on social networks whom I've never met in real life and whose names I have no knowledge of, but they are real people, and the relationship is authentic, based on o
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by nika 16y ago
I registered with a completely fake name, though it sounds like a real name rather than a handle. I have to wonder about a mother who names her kid "Quora" anyway, and I would like to point out that Quora isn't giving us her last name, yet
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by nika 16y ago
Apple also reported in one of their financial calls that they spent $4.9 Billion out of the war chest to secure future supplies of components they consider critical. They didn't say which ones they were... but I think they feel the market
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by nika 16y ago
I think it would be wise, as this article does, to not think about the phone market in terms of platforms (iOS, Android, RIM & WebOS) but in terms of manufacturers (Apple, HTC, Nokia, Samsung, etc.) If you look at it in those terms, the
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by nika 16y ago
Since you seem to be online, let me walk you thru an example. What do you believe is the "current consensus in scientific climate research" on whether glaciers are shrinking or growing? On the balance, are they receding?
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by nika 16y ago
I believe he's doing exactly what he wanted to do. He had both houses and could have reversed the TSA, cancelled the PATRIOT act, closed guantanimo, ended warrantless wiretapping and spying on americans, etc. But he has done the opposite.
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by nika 16y ago
"See, I'm not a climate scientist. Neither do I believe everything I read on wikipedia. But the article has plenty links and references to suggest there are many institutions and universities involved with this kind of research. Sure, it co
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by nika 16y ago
You reference the snowball earth, and I'd like to point out (or emphasize) the opposite applies as well. Many times in the past (as I understand it) CO2 levels have been dramatically higher than they are today. If a runaway greenhouse eff
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by nika 16y ago
Since the end of the last solar peak, the planet has been getting cooler. Since the end of the last ice age, the planet has been getting warmer. You can argue whatever direction you want by picking the dates. We came to be a society that v
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by nika 16y ago
I'm experienced with the appstore, including having an app that sells for the same price and leveraging short term exposure by lowering the price. Absolutely lower your price to $0.99. The goal here is not to maximize revenue for the short
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by nika 16y ago
Amazon writes a player for every platform because the kindle format is a proprietary one created by amazon. Apple doesn't have to write a player for every platform because epubs are an open standard.
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by nika 16y ago
I think Amazon could resolve this really easily by doing a cross marketing deal with Apple. But at least Apple is only taking %30. Amazon has completely excluded Apple from selling books via the iBookstore app on the kindle. In fact, you
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by nika 16y ago
Apple doesn't "own the right to put material on that device", as apple provides many mechanisms to put material on the device outside of apple's control. Here's some of them: 1. iTunes file sync lets you put arbitrary files in there. I put
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by nika 16y ago
I sure hope so. I trust apple more than google, microsoft, at&t and verizon combined. Every one of those other companies has betrayed my trust at one point or another, and in some cases- microsoft and AT&T, has defrauded me. Nice t
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by nika 16y ago
I don't see EFF attacking people for operating under the current system, so obviously I wasn't saying they aren't trying to change the system at all. I also haven't seen a proposal from the EFF for a constitutional amendment of any stripe.
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by nika 16y ago
There is no such thing as a "warrant to pull a domain" (or sieze a bank account) in the US legal system[1]. So, if a "judge" signed a piece of paper, that does not make it a warrant (legally). These were criminal acts, and that is the fac
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by nika 16y ago
Like I said, if you're going to make such an assertion, please provide an explanation how it is incorrect. Linking to wikipedia as you did is fallacious for more than one reason, including argument from authority, argument from false autho
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by nika 16y ago
I've seen zero effort from the anti-IP movement to go after politicians or even try to reach them, and I have seen a lot of FUD and propaganda against selected companies that are determined to somehow be "evil" while other, favored companie
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by nika 16y ago
There is nothing preventing someone else from patenting something you have invented but did not patent. They may not be able to stop you from using your invention, but patents are first-come, first served. Please, if you are going to make
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by nika 16y ago
I've never understood the objection to MPEGLA. I'm neutral on patents* but this is probably the best environment for patents in the entire world. MPEGLA is a licensing agency, so there are no personal or political issues. They make money b
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by nika 16y ago
I think people find a language they like- maybe their first language, or one of the first couple- and then it is really hard to be interested in everything else. If you can't read it right off the bat, it "sucks". This is how I felt about e
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by nika 16y ago
One thing that I think hasn't been recognized by popular engineering culture is that the guys who started programming in the 1970s had a lot less to work with, and had a harder time. They often worked in assembly, and a soldering iron was
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by nika 16y ago
The thing is, when you're older, there's really no way to reach the younger generation. They aren't listening to you because you're older, for the most part, and they've been listening to their "out of touch" parents their whole lives. Th
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by nika 16y ago
On several occasions I've had feature phones built by nokia, including one I just happened to pick up a few weeks ago. I find that the UIs have become less intuitive and ever more maddening over the years, with the latest one being a good e
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by nika 16y ago
I think it is quality as you say, but also having a vision. The iPhone comes from a perspective on the "right way to interact with touch computers" and everything follows out of that. All the other attempts to replicate the iPhone are focus
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by nika 16y ago
This article is probably the best analysis of the situation I've seen. I really do think that this is a wedding, and thus nokia is probably going to go the way of microsoft. In short, I bet in 10 years both companies will be less relevant
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by nika 16y ago
Investing: Great if you can get a position in a market that is open when the news is announced and thus be there for the fall....but it sucks if you have to get in after the stock has declined and then you're hoping that the impact will tak

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