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From: -hh on 28 Mar 2010 19:10 Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarna...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [snips] > > -hh wrote: > > But the iPod connector was already developed (by Apple, originally for > > the iPod): as such, continuing to leverage it in yet another product > > is figuratively "free" whereupon it gains the benefits of being more > > compact, etc. > > And completely unusable with standard devices - which also use ports and > mechanisms long standardized - and even known by Apple - meaning they > can leverage their existing technologies for those, and provide _useful_ > connectors. Where "long standardized" is that USB2 only lasted 7 years before its replacement was announced, and SDHC cards has lasted only 3 years until its replacement was announced. While both replacements are arguably having problems getting traction, they are lurking out there to obsolete your current hardware investments. In general, the error you're making is that you're stuck in the weeds in not recognizing what's a capability and what's a mechanism that permits that particular capability. Simply put, there's more than one way to skin a cat, even if you're following the "it must be a nail because I have a hammer" paradigm. > Oh, yes, do keep right on explaining the stupidities behind this asinine > port on the MaxiPad. It may very well be a poor decision - - but there's no logical need to childishly call an inanimate object offensive names, unless you really want to illustrate how non-credible you are. > On the iPhone, it may well have made sense - there isn't physical space > for much more. The MaxiPad has no such limitation. And yet that's also not a prohibition to doing it. > >> I don't have Apple's design staff, manufacturing capabilities, or > >> finances to fund such. Does this mean I can't see an obvious design > >> flaw, or an obviously stupid argument in support of that design flaw? > >> No. Stop with the stupid, already. > > > So you have no relevant resources or technical expertise), and somehow > > you're _qualified_? How are you not a walking Blond Joke in > > disguise? > > I see. In your demented world view, only a person who runs an entire > computer design and production company can possibly have any ability to > figure out that something as basic as including industry standard > connectors is a good idea. That's not at all what it means. It was an invitation for you to provide some credible basis to show that you have any relevant professional expertise in *any* of these areas ... and you chose to fail. > I'm sorry, but you Apple Fanbois are getting more retarded by the > minute. Perhaps some more research on your part would be in order. Had you done so, you would have found out that I'm a multi-OS user, although this no longer includes Linux. I dropped Linux because it simply didn't have adequate benefits for my needs vs the alternatives, so it effectively only added complexity which could be avoided. To put this in smaller words that you're more likely to understand, Linux simply was no longer worth the effort required to save a very trivial couple of bucks. -hh
From: -hh on 28 Mar 2010 19:17 On Mar 28, 6:48 pm, Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarna...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [snips] > > -hh wrote: > > For example, a bit over a year ago, I had my USB ports disabled on my > > Windows PC due to a security issue (Malware auto-run) > > You could have simply disabled auto-run, but left the ports enabled, so > they would actually still be useful. *I* couldn't, because this was a corporate-wide IT mandate. It was pushed down, plus the setting is checked during each Net-connected reboot. Two strikes and you're fired. > Apparently, the whole Apple Fanboi mentality is so used to not having > industry-standard connectors... Perhaps you should go read the news more often - - this "Ban USB" decision made major headlines in most major media outlets. And FYI, it is still in effect. There is some talk about re- instituting it with some very restricted "trusted, certified, controlled" mode, but I'm not particularly optimistic that it would be practical or easy to use, plus it would still prohibit inter- organizational use, which is where my main capability gap is anyway. -hh
From: Peter Köhlmann on 28 Mar 2010 19:17 nospam wrote: > In article <cv2587-09a.ln1(a)spanky.localhost.net>, Kelsey Bjarnason > <kbjarnason(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Apparently, the whole Apple Fanboi mentality is so used to not having >> industry-standard connectors that crippling the ones they do have isn't >> seen as much of an issue - after all, all you need to do is replace all >> your other hardware with stuff supporting WiFi or bluetooth - *much* >> more sensible than simply leaving the USB ports enabled but disabling >> auto-run. > > you don't have any wifi or bluetooth devices? maybe it's time to step > into this century. So reading comprehension is just another area you are totally at a loss >> Gah, Apple Fanbois redefine the whole concept of stupid. > > they're not doing anywhere near as wonderful a job as you are. Actually, with every post you are confirming that apple fanboiz are *much* dumber than retarded dirt -- Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood.
From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 19:16 nospam wrote: > In article <slrnhqt9s1.2tl.jedi(a)nomad.mishnet>, JEDIDIAH > <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote: > >> Wifi is insecure, slow and unreliable. > > nonsense, and you can use vpn if you're that paranoid. Wireless N tops out around 300Mbps - *if* your devices support it, *if* you've set up bonding, *if* you don't get any significant interference. Much more typical is less than half that - 100Mbps or less. Which sounds good, until you comare it to something like, say, USB 2, which - as of 1999 - was defined at 480Mbs, faster than the _best_ you can expect from wireless... and not nearly as suscptible to interference. Or to people snooping packets, or running any of a dozen or more wireless security cracking tools. And, of course, if your existing devices - camera, for example - don't do wireless (most current ones don't) but _do_ do USB (most current ones do), then it's not a case of "which is better, wireless or USB", but one of "Where the *&^^ is the ^*&%^^&%$ing USB connector so I can actually USE the **&^()(ing device?"
From: Kelsey Bjarnason on 28 Mar 2010 19:24
[snips] D.F. Manno wrote: Let's see if you can read: >> >> The wife's netbook has the USB mouse, USB key and a USB DVD drive >> >> attached pretty much all the time. Plus a USB printer, though she swaps >> >> the key and printer back and forth - only so many USB slots. >> And where, exactly, did you get the notion we cart all this stuff around >> with us? > > From you: "And when it goes mobile with me, those devices generally all > go with it." So, let's see. *Her* machine has a USB printer, yet when *I* go mobile, somehow *all* this stuff goes with me. Rather than all the stuff *I* have attached, as anyone with a room-temperature IQ or better should have been able to sort out. Gods, the Apple Fanbois are morons. |