"Less savvy" will refer to people who read Gizmodo as their main source of information, if you keep up this sort of sensationalist crap.
It's one thing to take a provocative stance in the headline to draw the crowd, but by deliberately or incompetently not including the contextual information savvy users should seek out before making any sort of judgement on OS-level protections, such as Gatekeeper, you're essentially turning lazy readers into uniformed mouthpieces of your opinion. And that opinion is not properly informed, if we ae to take this article as demonstrative of the author's understanding of the topic.
Thankfully, Gizmodo is barely a source for info at all anymore - because of articles like this, funnily enough. Glad to see other commenters are calling this out for joke it is.
I've had as many Phones and Laptops in the last 4 years that have been Apple and non-Apple. All the non-Apple tech had user-replaceable batteries. Apple tech had hard-wired, no-touchy batteries.
And guess what? I never used a secondary battery, rarely ran out of battery life and the Apple tech batteries are still going, where as the Android phone and DELL laptop packed it up and stopped working - the whole thing, not the battery.
Same owner, same treatment.
Admittedly when I do want to hand the Apple tech on to friends or family, I may have to fork out $99-$150 for a new battery, with free installation....but the fact that they're there to be handed down, technically relevant, desirable and still working might suggest what is put into an Apple product in lieu of bits that can come in and out of it at the users' discretion.
Nope. Just doesn't work for me...at least not the ROMs I want to play. Arse.
The him is superfluous.
Auto-corrective reading: a skill.
Auto-corrective reading: a skill.
I get that bad things happened, but people need to check themselves, look at the wider world, and put it in some fucking context.
I want to say "get over it" - but that's harsh and not my point. I want to call people "over sensitive", but that's not even what i'm trying to get at.
Possibly saying the hysteria of the time shouldn't be perpetually recycled every time something slightly grazes against the memory of BAD STUFF.
Also: get some fucking perspective, move on.
I want to say "get over it" - but that's harsh and not my point. I want to call people "over sensitive", but that's not even what i'm trying to get at.
Possibly saying the hysteria of the time shouldn't be perpetually recycled every time something slightly grazes against the memory of BAD STUFF.
Also: get some fucking perspective, move on.
Tone is implicit in everything people do, even stupid people. It's easy enough to read something that has been written deliberate as a overly protracted, deliberately inflammatory bit of cruft. And almost all non-factual Apple stories on here fall into that, positive or not.
This is probably about 100x the level Mr Honan actually feels.
This blog exists for advertising revenue, clearly not to engage readers with meaningful articles with the hope interested and returning parties might click on an ad. Small different, but one that becomes obvious after a while, when looking at the tone, quality and intent of articles.
No idea why I'm bothering, since I probably won't be back here soon to read replies etc.
After a certain amount of lifespan and popularity, most endeavours start to resemble the things they displaced to become popular....if they're not careful and play with cheap tactics.
This is probably about 100x the level Mr Honan actually feels.
This blog exists for advertising revenue, clearly not to engage readers with meaningful articles with the hope interested and returning parties might click on an ad. Small different, but one that becomes obvious after a while, when looking at the tone, quality and intent of articles.
No idea why I'm bothering, since I probably won't be back here soon to read replies etc.
After a certain amount of lifespan and popularity, most endeavours start to resemble the things they displaced to become popular....if they're not careful and play with cheap tactics.
Urgh. No more.
Australia has had these for ages, and I don't know why ever country doesn't go down this route: currency that isn't destroyed by the rain, washing, can be folded a millions times with fading, but without totally corrupting the print and paper of the note.
Possibly more expensive to print, but I dare say you'd have to put fewer notes back into circulation since fewer were being destroyed / removed from circulation.
Possibly more expensive to print, but I dare say you'd have to put fewer notes back into circulation since fewer were being destroyed / removed from circulation.
Not entirely on topic, but what is the justo action for killing these departments? Anything beyond "no big govt" or "save money"? What's the rationale.
And no idea how up to date it is, but this gives interesting insight into US govt agencies and their employee numbers. [www.washingtonpost.com]
And no idea how up to date it is, but this gives interesting insight into US govt agencies and their employee numbers. [www.washingtonpost.com]
Law Enforcement already have acces, and actively use, technology that can slurp up IMSI's, SMS and (probably) call data using the pre-existing network. See: Blue Coat.
All they need is a warrant (again, probably) and a chat to the telco. Most, if not all, are more than happy to oblige - especially if there is a warrant involved, there's not a lot of scope for them not to. If they're using equipment to monitor cell users that is messing with cell phone signal quality than it's nothing more than absolute incompetence (always a chance!)
More likely is that they're deliberately screwing with the signal quality to try and hinder organizing and information sharing from the area - but even that is unlikely.
Best chance is them being for emergency networks, that may well share adjacent bandwidth (here is where i leave any area of actual working knowledge) and is messing with cell signals. Again, unlikely, since equipment like this is designed to operate outside of interference - unless it's stricltly one way. Unlikely.
How's that for a big pile of guesswork and sloppy hypothesis?
All they need is a warrant (again, probably) and a chat to the telco. Most, if not all, are more than happy to oblige - especially if there is a warrant involved, there's not a lot of scope for them not to. If they're using equipment to monitor cell users that is messing with cell phone signal quality than it's nothing more than absolute incompetence (always a chance!)
More likely is that they're deliberately screwing with the signal quality to try and hinder organizing and information sharing from the area - but even that is unlikely.
Best chance is them being for emergency networks, that may well share adjacent bandwidth (here is where i leave any area of actual working knowledge) and is messing with cell signals. Again, unlikely, since equipment like this is designed to operate outside of interference - unless it's stricltly one way. Unlikely.
How's that for a big pile of guesswork and sloppy hypothesis?
As an Australian it's not so much that people "don't know any better", it is down to the very different social and historical experiences and expectations between nations and their respective societal norms.
I've seen several portrayals of indigenous Australian's by US "comedians" that would never happen if the person was Australian, or tried to pull the "joke" off in Au/on Au TV. Doesn't mean those people are racists. Ignorant, stupid and short-sighted, sure. But it's not fair or reasonable to judge what is or isn't appropriate using the same metric between cultures.
Especially since the image above was about dressing as someone they admire and respect. And if the individual they were caricaturing in their get-up doesn't mind, and it's only really external viewers taking offense... I'm all for extreme caution in regards to anything that might incite or reflect hateful views, but I'm also extremely cautious about beating things up because of what they appear at face value, based on a very different understanding of culture and the histories of various races and racism.
I've seen several portrayals of indigenous Australian's by US "comedians" that would never happen if the person was Australian, or tried to pull the "joke" off in Au/on Au TV. Doesn't mean those people are racists. Ignorant, stupid and short-sighted, sure. But it's not fair or reasonable to judge what is or isn't appropriate using the same metric between cultures.
Especially since the image above was about dressing as someone they admire and respect. And if the individual they were caricaturing in their get-up doesn't mind, and it's only really external viewers taking offense... I'm all for extreme caution in regards to anything that might incite or reflect hateful views, but I'm also extremely cautious about beating things up because of what they appear at face value, based on a very different understanding of culture and the histories of various races and racism.
After a spate of "laser pointing" at commercial aircraft in Australia, the sale and import of laser pointers has been banned.
Well, actually, I generally see evidence only to the contrary in my local constabulary. It's not that stupider assumption to make (that they're not that great at "their jobs") - especially when Police admissions are more or less IQ capped.
Plus, shit like this:
[gawker.com]
Plus, shit like this:
[gawker.com]
I love it when people make clearly judgemental statements about "sinners", inadvertently "sinning" themselves.
Mistaking organised religion for little more than an excuse to transgress Jesus' teachings in the most hypocritical way possible.
Mistaking organised religion for little more than an excuse to transgress Jesus' teachings in the most hypocritical way possible.
Not just you...
See also: Green Lantern game. Like they only informed the devs and artists that it'd need to be iPad / Retina compatible at the end of the development. So they just upscaled it. Badly. And forgot to turn on any anti-aliasing.
Really shows next to some of the more polished games out there.
See also: Green Lantern game. Like they only informed the devs and artists that it'd need to be iPad / Retina compatible at the end of the development. So they just upscaled it. Badly. And forgot to turn on any anti-aliasing.
Really shows next to some of the more polished games out there.
Uh, it's not really "rewarding" them - it's saying "you get one, final nice thing in your existence. Before we stamp it out."
It's more like a small concession in the face of the fact that something really fucked up and wrong is about to happen to them.
It's more like a small concession in the face of the fact that something really fucked up and wrong is about to happen to them.
I wonder if MS will Bing it to death, or give you a system-level option for changing search engine.
This all looks pretty sweet, except for that Bing business everywhere. Honestly: terrible search.
This all looks pretty sweet, except for that Bing business everywhere. Honestly: terrible search.
Or, um, more logically US Lawmakers: legislate, regulate, tax and supply users with your own cocaine.
Because one of our suggestions is (only just) more likely to happen. And it ain't yours.
Because one of our suggestions is (only just) more likely to happen. And it ain't yours.
Like being in middle school all over again.
Alarming that anyone with a complete high school education wouldn't know this.
Alarming that anyone with a complete high school education wouldn't know this.
Not the most riveting live feed I've ever seen, gotta say.
Needs more kittens.
Needs more kittens.
