So, by that reasoning, Opera is written in Objective C, seen as it does have an iOS version?
Also, Firefox can hardly be said to be written in XUL, it's more than likely written in C/C++ and uses XUL internally for user interfaces.
If the EU force Apple to have a browser ballot on iOS, I do believe Steve Jobs will be turning ever so violently in his grave
On a more serious note: couldn't the fact that Apple forces all apps to be purchased through their own app store just as well be seen as anti-competitive?
I'm 23, some/most my friends got their phones when they where 12-ish, and as far as I could tell they mainly used them to harass/bully each other and play pranks. When I got my phone (around 14 I think) I hardly used it either, and to this date it is still more of a communication device as opposed to a social device to me.
What I am trying to say is that it hardly makes your son weird that he doesn't use his phone much, it probably mainly means that he isn't a bully himself, and if he is bullied, it's on facebook or in person.
Two things:
Firstly, if they try to do this, the price of bitcoins will rise wildly as they do so (they cant buy them all at once, and as more bitcoins are taken out of circulation, they will presumably become more valuable). This means that everyone who has bitcoins will make money - nothing lost as far as i can tell.
Secondly, what's to prevent a second issuing - say "Bitcoin 2.0" - from occuring, and the whole thing from starting over? The technology still works, and all that would need to happen would be an announcement on the bitcoin website. I'm pretty sure the government would be concerned about this if they are going to pump a whole load of cash into buying all of them.
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I wouldn't even call it an acquired taste - maybe it's genetic, certainly, I've loved strong salty liquorice all my life!
Haha, I hadn't thought about the simulation of the universe consequence, that's pretty remarkable actually!
I know, but I figured i would explain only this consequence to my fellow slashdotters, as the more precise definition is a bit harder to understand
Way to take my joke seriously...
This means that is has just become VERY important for mathematicians to figure out whether PI is normal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number)
(TL;DR version: a normal number is one in which every sequence of digits occurs)
You see, if every sequence occurs in PI, this actually means that no sequence is copyrightable, abolishing copyright right away
Just out of curiosity (and failed googling):
What is the source for: "the only apps she'd programmed were a calculator app and an app that sorted numbers."?
I thought the gell keyboard was by far the most clever product...I dont have a tablet, but something like that could make it more viable?
It needs to be thinner / look more sexy. Also, those laser keyboard suck, as there is 0 tactile feedback.
I also think that some of the stuff it does is pointless, if they are really going for a mobile device (many of the ports, and maybe even the projector?, also it's too big and fat to be something you carry around), and on the other hand, some of it's features are pointless if it's NOT a mobile device (built in mouse/keyboard/touchscreen) - it does not look like a particularly handy device to hold, so the touchscreen seems like an unnecessary expense...
I'm pretty sure they would just (as they always have done) kill anybody non-zeta who tries to sell drugs.
Legal or not, the cartels would still be the ones selling drugs. In fact it would probably be easier for them, now that it's legal!
This sounds like a rather week strategy to me. Presumably anything they can make proprietary extensions do will have an OSS alternative before too long. That having been said, anyone who uses these proprietary extensions knows that Oracle can make them expensive if they want to - so if that really is a problem, they just wont be used.
I do however share your concern that Oracle will stop at nothing to milk some money out of MySQL - and unlike OpenOffice.org, MySQL is used everywhere by a very large amount of people. I guess pretty much the only good thing is that PostgresSQL is a solid alternative.
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