* Posts by morphoyle

68 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Feb 2010

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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 shuns open video

morphoyle

open?

h.264 is not open. The terms of the contract can be changed at any time to add all kinds of nasty things. Ogg isn't really much better...

Scammers plunder gullible iPad owners' backdoors

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FAIL

Learn to comprehend what you read.

The quote in the article didn't say anything about "having a lot of money." It mentions "disposable income." The two concepts are not the same thing. "Having a lot of money" implies that you save what you earn, invest, or have some other means of accumulating wealth that you do not blow on junk. Disposable income refers to the moneys left are weekly/monthly financial obligations are met. It does not mean that you save or accumulate this money. I have a decent amount of disposable income, but I don't necessarily hold on to it...

morphoyle

Really?

OSX machines are cracked constantly at hacker meets and compilations. The only reason there aren't more OSX viruses is user base. The most optimistic figures from Mac blogs like OSX Daily show only about 11 percent share for Apple stuff. That would severely limit the potential size of a botnet when compared to windows devices. It has nothing to do with security or the supposed IQ of OSX users.

morphoyle

Lighten up

Obviously someone didn't get the joke. Do people with a lot of disposable income also lack a sense of humor ?

Also, people with a lot of disposable income aren't the same as people with a lot of money. Disposable income just means that you earn a good bit more than what you are obligated to pay out each week/month/year. It doesn't necessarily mean that you accumulate wealth.

Now go play with your iPad.

Jobsian drones shackle gamer with 'lifetime' iPad ban

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Flame

whatever

>Nothing is sadder than seeing the look on a little kid's face when you don't have the toy they want, because you just personally sold the last half-dozen to a shady guy in sunglasses who reeks of cigarette smoke<

This would make sense for a daily limit, but how about the lifetime one? This doesn't even make sense. It sounds like apple putting restriction in place just because they can.

Ten free apps to install on every new PC

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FAIL

itunes

iTunes is a pig! If you have an ipod or iwhatever, there are other products you can use to add or remove files from it, like floola.

Apple bans Pulitzer Prize political cartoons from iPhone

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Defend Steve!

I can't wait to see all the comments defending Apple for this. I'm sure all the Steve worshipers will come up with some ludicrous BS excuse. Come on, let's hear them.... I need a good laugh.

A multitasking iPad? Let's bin the netbook

morphoyle

Multitasking?

The kind of multitasking that is being added to the iphone OS 4.0 is insulting! Why can't Apple just give us something we want without placing a ton of limitations and restrictions on it?

BlackBerry sees iPhone shrink in rear view mirror

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insecure

"Fans of the iPhone have little to worry about, however."

Why would they worry anyways? Not everyone in the world has to use the same phone as you. But I guess we are talking about Apple users here, and they seem to be a bit more insecure, and tie how much they like their device to what other people think about it. I would rather have a device I enjoy personally. Screw what everyone else is using...

Also, Blackberries really are that popular, considering they had a HUGE jump on everyone else in the smart phone market. If I were anyone but Google, I would probably worry. History has shown that open platforms tend to dominate the market over time. It's how Apple got pushed in to the niche corner in regards to their computers.

Normal Human Being™ reviews the iPad

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Apple's fault

No, it's because Apple has billed it as a magical, revolutionary device. They realize that they would have sold less had they presented it as a 500 dollar media consumption device

morphoyle

missing the point

You have totally missed the point of the review. This is the opinion of a normal person. Who are you to tell us that her reactions are wrong? She is the target market for this thing, after all.

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wrong.

Really? That is totally false. I know TONS of normal humans that use spreadsheets heavily. Many, many, normal human beings have office jobs that require this. It may not be "meant" for this, but if that's the case, why include the ability to work with spreadsheets at all?

morphoyle

target market?

Ok, who exactly is the target market then? LW is an office worker who doesn't have a lot of experience with the inner workings of the technology and doesn't care. That sounds like a fairly normal person to me. It sounds like the people saying LW isn't a NHB are just upset that an actual NHB didn't instantly fall in love and proclaim their undying love of all things Apple. Sour grapes, fan boys.

Apple QuickTime update blocks media player bugs

morphoyle

It works already

Apple shouldn't even need a "patch cycle." Why would you need to patch something that already "Just works?"

US broadband seeks ISP speed stickers

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eminently sensible

Because this plan is "eminently sensible" it ensures that none of it will ever be adopted by the US government or the FCC.

Historian warns against copyright-fight heavy hitting

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Fight it

Get up and do something about this please! This may be a case that is being decided in the UK, but the outcome will have implications all over the word.

Young people are lazy, think world owes them a living - prof

morphoyle

French?

To summarize - All of generation Y is French?

Google (Voice) solves universal translation soonish

morphoyle

Advice

"something iPhone owners can already do"

That comment really has nothing to do with the story, and I'm straining to figure out why you even included it. Perhaps a class in writing and journalism might help? I'm not trying to be insulting, but that comment really is out of place in this article, and it makes you come across as an Apple fan-boy.

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