Posts by RationalTroll

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism That is not a "30-pin USB" port, that is Apple’s proprietary and licensable port interface. ...the sort of thing that validates the oldest joke in the Mac world: Q: How many Apple...

Quote: Originally Posted by Banalltv See Comment No15 here: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/...pper-required/ "...about 6 years ago, I purchased an archive edition of the National Geographic that used closed proprietary...

Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit Canadians said that as well... but the US was successful in extraditing a Canadian citizen to the US to stand trial for selling pot "seeds" by mail... and now he's sitting in a US jail...

Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 ...certainly more productive than whining on the web. hill60 Posts: 1,616

Quote: Originally Posted by mstone Over simplification? Really not that difficult to figure out. Just like anti-virus software works. You develop a signature of how the ads work and you insert some CSS display:none or innerHTML on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 You are assuming there are zero costs in making that income. I suggest you take a basic finance course and go learn the difference between gross and net and think about how it applies here. No...

Quote: Originally Posted by captbilly There was a time when I went to Apple insider to see what was new in Apple hardware and software, but now it just seems to be nothing more than the PR arm of Apple. People looking for Mac news...

Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Exactly. Anyone willing to pay for their own bandwidth, not get creative about their margins, etc. ... stick with what you've got and pay Apple nothing. Everyone else who wants access to millions...

Quote: Originally Posted by jpellino Since there is already a huge market for Mac apps, and they do not all instantly comply to the App Store guidelines, they could be alienating a very large portion of the developer community. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by bedouin Mixed emotions here. On one hand I want Flash to go away, but on the other -- it just means my ad blocker will need a lot of clever updates to 'compete.' . Indeed. Insidiously clever: while Flash...