I am sure everyone here loves Apples, oh wait no they don't. I used to admire Macs, especially the workstation, they seemed stunning and powerful and then came the iPhone generation and then the war of tablets. Judging from their recent Patent lawsuits and how they're moaning about things and not letting Samsung sell their flagship products in USA, I am starting to hate them more and more. I mean sure MS is bad, Google is acting like a good guy and Facebook is a bitch but Apple is becoming the new Evil EYE.
I wish I could discuss this in detail but maybe in the morning. For now, FUCK APPLE!
Comments
The majority of these suites are going to end in dismissal. The courts are starting to realise that software patents are a vague concept. The claims that Android manufacturers make "iphone-looking" hardware is a little iffy as well (but may have some merit).
The fact of the matter is that Apple can't keep up with Android, look at the iphone and compare it to any android phone on the market - Android clearly wins, the iphone is starting to feel a little dated. Google's "release early release often" strategy is winning.
Apple releases an iphone every two years or so, it's a slow cycle and they just can't keep up with the innovation that dozens of hardware vendors bring to an open platform like Android.
P.S. I like my iPod.
Release a picture of Steve Jobs shagging a baby.
But in all seriousness, ever since their dear Leader departed them, they lost (albeit an annoyingly narcissistic) front, but have just resorted to tit-for-tat. Personally, give me anything but Apple, because I can install what I like on it, and design it how I see fit. For example my Android phone. Got it perfect (thanks to trx100 here).
I do own an iPod, yes, but never once have I let it run the stock firmware. And yes, I am one of those kids who, despite thinking "a transluscent computer" looked cool, I wasn't taken in by their edgy marketing. Shame my Sister was, and there is talk of Apple phasing out the 13-pin connectors in favour for smaller, 9-pin ones. Bit of a shitter for people like her
7 large apples
Peel, core and boil the fuck out of those MFs
Place in in a baking dish.
1/4 cup caster sugar
1 cup plain flour
3/4 cup coconut
2/3 cup butter (melted)
Throw this in a bowl and rub it together until it becomes flaky and shit.
Spread it evenly on top of the puked apple.
1/2 tsp cinnamon (ground)
Sprinkle on the magic spice.
Bake in the oven for fuck knows how long.
Serve with whipped cream, ice cream, custard, soya sauce or what ever.
And that sir is how babies are made.
Some people make it with a base, some use vanilla essence, etc .... I don't. Shits totally delicious dude. :cool:
Oh great! Now I'm hungry.
Dude, you need to watch "Cosmos". Here, this is what I mean. Trippy as fuck and really makes you wonder just what it's all about.
Now, back onto topic, lol.
Nope, actually Mr. Sagan got a pie to the face. In the early 90s, some of Apples engineers code named one of their machines internally as "Carl Sagan". Long story short, he apparently found out about it while reading an article in MacWEEK, siced his lawyers on Apple. However the engineers then changed the code name to "BHA" which Sagan took to mean "Butt-Head Astronomer" while the engineers claimed the letters were chosen completely at random. He attempted to sue for defamation, lost, and finally settled out of court. Apples legal department told the engineers to change the name to something unoffensive, but they changed the name to "LAW" which then was thought to mean "Lawyers Are Wimps" /randomhistorylesson
Interesting and helpful input there though, TGD. Gotta say that the hardware of a MacBook really is minimal. You're only paying for looks as far as I'm concerned as their Motherboards/Logic Boards really don't seem that much.
If you're into minimal and fast, just play with linux. Ubuntu has advanced very well and is quite user friendly, but best of all, minimal and clean. I recommend Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat).
Also anyone that owns an Iphone here will find this app exploit interesting:
http://9to5mac.com/2012/07/13/apples-in-app-purchasing-process-circumvented-by-russian-hacker/