theBobMcCormick

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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
I wasn't really thinking about a wardrive/loiter scenario, so much as a "plug a laptop in, then slide it behind a desk/filing cabinet,etc." kind of scenario. No matter what the form factor, you're probably gonna want at least power and an e
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
I'm not sure how this is really new . Everything he's describing has been possible for years with a laptop. I guess "plug computer" might make it a little cheaper and a little easier to conceal? If anything, I'd say plug computers are
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
I was with you up until "you should install these apps".. Wow is that gonna end up a disaster. Virus infection in 3..2..1
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Why didn't you just loaded Windows on the Mag? Windows 7 Media Center has one of the best Netflix clients I've seen. Also Boxee on Windows will do Netflix, although last time I tried it the Boxee version of the NetFlix client was really,
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Unless I'm drastically misunderstanding the numbers, Apple already isn't the biggest shareholder in mobile platforms ( http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/09/gartner-android-os-sales-tr... ) That's why I think this strategy is suicide for Apple
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
This seems like a particularly insane time for Apple to risk losing subscription apps like Netflix, Evernote, Kindle, etc. What with Android sells now far out-pacing iPhone sales and WP7 making a fair attempt at getting lets under itself.
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Not everyone chooses Android because of a desire to customize or tweak. I bought my N1 because I wanted a smartphone with a decent browser on TMobile. I know plenty of people who've purchased Androids for similar reason (wanted a 4" scree
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
I've got two Nexus One's (mine and my wife's). Never had any problems with the camera. Both are running the stock OS, no custom ROM's or anything else fancy.
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
I'm not sure "similar" capabilities will always be enough. If Apple succeeds in chasing off Amazon and B&N, then WP7 and Android phones will look much more attractive than iPhones to Kindle and Nook owners. Netflix availability so far
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
You don't need to root your Android phone unless you want to re-flash a different version of the OS. If you're just looking to download apps from outside the market (direct from SourceForge or GoogleCode for example) all it takes is to che
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Are people really going to confuse a frequent flyer program and a payment system?
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Could be good news for the Android and Windows Phone 7 ecosystems. Seems like it'd be easy for most of these publishers and services to re-focus their mobile strategies on platforms that are more friendly to their business model.
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
It's unlikely any of the Android phone OEM's will make the kind of profit margins Apple is making, but they're clearly making a lot more profits selling Android smartphones than they were before Android. The feature phone market is dryi
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Would this be the wrong time to bring up the HN guidelines? ( http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ) Calling someone else's argument asinine seems to be exactly what the guidelines specifically ask not to do. eg: "When disagreeing,
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Isn't it somewhat the opposite? It's not that "your tax dollars" are supporting that people browsing porn at the library. To prevent people from browsing porn, the library have to spend more of "your tax dollars" to either install filteri
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Most likely. My understanding is that some ISP's are already giving customers RFC 1918 private addresses and NAT'ing them out to the Internet.
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
You can't use Google's new in-app billing service. But both Google and Apple absolutely do allow you to sell physical goods through an app using your own billing process. Witness the number of shopping apps, including the Amazon app, Se
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
There's certainly precedent for it being allowed with things like the Zappos app ( http://www.zappos.com/iphone-app ). I don't have an iPhone to try it with, but from the description it certainly sounds like you can buy shoes and such dire
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Is there any non trivial piece of software that's known to be patent free? Isn't it probable, even likely, that there are additional patent holders who'll come after H.264 implementations eventually?
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Is it just me, or is this every bit as outrageously greedy as consumer ISP's (Comcast, etc) wanting to charge Netflix, Youtube, etc.?
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
I think the "reddit gone wild" site is a clear example of what's a much bigger threat to commercial porn than piracy. Why would anyone pay for porn with bored looking actors/actresses, fake boobs, etc. when there is tons of high quality fr
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
I'm certainly not doubting that not having a website at all would be a loss. It just fascinates me how much of a gain it is for some services to have a great local client.
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Looking at products like Dropbox and Evernote, not to mention everything going on with iPhone/Android apps, I can't help but thing that they provide a bit of a counter to the conventional wisdom that native "fat clients" are dead. The pe
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
What I love about Netflix streaming is that it completely severs the old TV-viewer relationship of having to worry about "what's on now" and "when does my program start". Since we started using Netflix streaming, we spend a lot more time w
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
This was a huge disappointment to me when trying out Kinect Sports bowling. Wii bowling's ability to accurately track wrist twists made if feel a lot like real bowling. Kinect bowling doesn't feel like bowling at all. :-(
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
It's easy to say that Microsoft needs to "leverage" the connect in a "coherent connected TV strategy", but what does that actually mean when you get down to it? I've got a connect, I like it a lot, but I'm completely at a loss for how i
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
That's actually a much more interesting question.
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
Other examples of user-friendly OpenID login pages: * Tripit.com only supports Google, Google Apps, and Facebook, but it's very end-user friendly to use any of those three. * Catch.com, like Tripit, supports Google and Facebook OpenID login
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
StackOverflow is a good example (IMHO) of OpenID login done right. It's so easy to sign up for a StackOverflow account, and I don't have to remember or write down yet another fucking password ! IMHO, one of the things they do correctly
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by theBobMcCormick 16y ago
IMHO, the Linux distros are doing it wrong. Just because you have a package management system, doesn't mean you have to use it for everything. I think hackers have seen the absolutely shitpile that most distro's make when they try to ov

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