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[Brentai]

Yeah but the argument against Google in this scenario is repeatedly that they don't have to worry about malware attacks nearly as much as targeted ones.  Whether or not that's true is up to some major speculation, but there is a glimmer of truth to the fact that, yeah, being immediately comfortable with the environment makes a deliberate larceny go so much smoother.

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LUPIIIIIIIIIN THE THIRD okay sorry.

Android leaves itself wide open:

Yeah, comparing a programmable interface to an immutable one where the user has to press the OFF BUTTON to execute a function doesn't raise the flag in the direction that guy apparently thinks it does.

[Thad]

Yeah but the argument against Google in this scenario is repeatedly that they don't have to worry about malware attacks nearly as much as targeted ones.  Whether or not that's true is up to some major speculation, but there is a glimmer of truth to the fact that, yeah, being immediately comfortable with the environment makes a deliberate larceny go so much smoother.

True.  Getting off IE6 and Adobe Reader will be a pretty big help, though.

OTOH, Google's record on privacy and its push toward storing everything in the cloud makes for a pretty vulnerable situation right out the gate.  As ridiculous and hypocritical as MS's heckling Google on security was, the core point is absolutely true: it's fucking stupid to store highly sensitive data on the Internet.

...getting rather off-topic here.  Oh, this:

Yeah, comparing a programmable interface to an immutable one where the user has to press the OFF BUTTON to execute a function doesn't raise the flag in the direction that guy apparently thinks it does.

Bet he spent the last 15 years making fun of how Microsoft put shutdown under a menu called Start, too.

[TA]

A breakdown of exactly how little streaming video can be squeezed into AT&T's new plans.

[Brentai]

Run, don’t walk, to get your iPad 3G before the end of the weekend.

I'm wondering if this kind of advice is part of why Apple doesn't mind the decision.  They've been making an awful lot of noise about early sales of the thing.

[Zaratustra]

A breakdown of exactly how little streaming video can be squeezed into AT&T's new plans.

Of course, it's also bloody convenient how AT&T drops "unlimited" support just when it begins to matter.

[Mongrel]

That's because their deer-sized eyes saw the lights of the oncoming bus.

[Shinra]

yeah, suddenly AT&T realized that they wouldn't be able to get away with having the worst data network in the USA if they didn't do something fast.

Fuck GSM forever.

[Mongrel]

I know things always look greener on the other side, so I just want to say that "All CDMA" is not nearly as great as it sounds.

Up in Canada, every company but one exclusively uses CDMA and it's been plain ruination. CDMA's preference for proprietary phones has done more to kill innovation and competition than just about anything else we could have done.

Now, as the Canadian cell market faces a period of intense competion thanks to a pile of new entrants to the market (the iron head on a giant government telecommunicaitons battering ram), every company is rushing to add GSM capability to their networks in order to be able to compete.

[Shinra]

Yeah, meanwhile in the united states we have innovation that is meaningless because the popular network standard is technologically five years behind.

As for innovation, if anything I think GSM popularity in America and Europe is hindering it more than anything else - japan and korea are home to the biggest cellular companies, with japan favoring CDMA-2000 and South Korea using CDMA. Neither country has GSM networks. Europe and the US are clinging to outdated standards either out of a fear of change or the idea that being able to switch a sim card between phones is massively more convenient than just punching in an MSID on your carrier's website. Sure, you could argue GSM is big in the middle east and africa, but the middle east and africa have never been huge embracers of modern technology and innovation, have they?

[Mongrel]

I don't know about that, most impoverished African states have better cell service than Canada.

I'm only half joking. When a guy from the CONGO says "Man, your cell service sucks", you have problems.

[Büge]

Could be worse.

He could have been from Sierra Leone or Burkina Faso.

[Mongrel]

Data Congestion thwarts Jobs' iphone 4 demo.

Ladies and gentlemen, the word you may be looking for is "schadenfreude".

[Thad]

Aaaaand TA explains it's all part of Jobs's plan because he WANTS to look like an incompetent douchebag in 3...2...

[McDohl]

: Man, I could learn a lot from this guy.

[Brentai]

Aaaaand TA explains it's all part of Jobs's plan because he WANTS to look like an incompetent douchebag in 3...2...

To be fair, we all know that's not Jobs's fault, though it is pretty much indicative of the future.

[Büge]

Yes, but is it more delicious than the time Bill Gates was demonstrating Windows and it BSOD'd him?

[TA]

Yes, but is it more delicious than the time Bill Gates was demonstrating Windows and it BSOD'd him?

Had Windows been billing itself for the previous decade as being something that "just works"?  Claiming that what it does do, it does perfectly and flawlessly every time?  Pretty sure that even on stage at the time, Gates wouldn't have claimed that the new Windows never crashes.

Apparently one of the many things the new iPhone can't do is give you the foresight to set up a separate, secured wireless network for demonstrators with an independent internet connection.  Or even fuckin' load a local copy since you're demonstrating image clarity, not even render speed.

[Brentai]

If you want porn, you're still gonna have to buy an Android.

[Mongrel]

Did Google just win the mobile wars?

[Thad]

Yes, but is it more delicious than the time Bill Gates was demonstrating Windows and it BSOD'd him?

Had Windows been billing itself for the previous decade as being something that "just works"?

Why no, it had Plug-n-Play.  COMPLETELY different.

Did Google just win the mobile wars?

Worked for HD-DVD!