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Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Java Was Strongly Influenced by Objective-C Well it may have been 'influenced by' and it may have 'borrowed a few concepts from' Objective-C, but it turned out like something completely different in the e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj I tend to agree. Objective C looks like a programmer took a big bong hit, looked at ANSI C syntax and thought "The only way this could be any better is if we grafted on a custom version of SmallTalk that's p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Well, the Java Project was a result of several ex-NeXT engineers helping Gosling copy as much of ObjC/Openstep as possible. Surprised? I'm not. Cocoa was the perfect name to mock Sun for calling their…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mercury99 Samsung claims talk time "Up to 8 hours 50 minutes". AMOLED display consumes less power. The screen is turned off if you're on a call, so talk time battery life and screen technology are completely unrelat…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ricardo Dawkins So, Apple fanbase.....SAMOLED is good ??? hahahaha..what a joke! Nice try, now go back and read all comments in this thread to find out there isn't a single person cheering for AMOLED screens on t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blah64 Quite the contrary, in fact. I've seen a guy (presumably a guy) who has been thoughtful and measured in his posts. I don't think we need to agree with all the details of his posts to agree that he has generall…
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj No, it doesn't. So any app can steal your contact data without you ever knowing. This is against Apple policy, but there are no technical safeguards in place to enforce that policy. Instead Apple relies on rando…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AdonisSMU Don't expect me to purchase a new Iphone if it doesn't have an NFC chip in it. I don't see a reason too otherwise. Apple is falling a year behind Google in this area if this report is indeed true. Is NFC r…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wiggin Believe it or not, not everyone drinks the Apple Kool-Aid. Some people want choices which Apple refuse to offer. And I know a growing number of people who are anti-Apple because of that lack of choice and the "m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jonamac Another insult, with some foul language thrown in. What a wonderful retort. I'm sorry you're so easily offended, but 'being dickheaded/being a dickhead' to me is just another way of saying you are being obtu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blah64 Speaking of insulting, these last couple are from you. Accusatory, with no justification whatsoever. Yeah, you really went back and read this thread. Excuse me, but what part of those two quotes from me you ma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jonamac You should check your facts before you lay on the smugness. Labelling is the correct British spelling. I am British. Expecting people entering a rational debate to make their points coherently has been a mainst…
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj Perhaps you should send this to Senator Franken. No doubt he would prefer your hand waving to the expert testimony and the documented and demonstrated capabilities of the device that he was given. Thanks, b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj Minus the hyperbole, yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. I'd phrase it like this: ● Apple's is inept at properly handling even basic privacy concerns. ● In cases where Apple's practice do not match their po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj I think I'm under the impression that there's a difference between a fishing expedition and going right to predefined data placed on the computer without the user's consent. Edit: And, for the umpteenth time…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jonamac I have to say guys you're not giving magicj a very fair hearing. Some of what he says is a little silly but he makes some very good points. He's not vitriolic, he's just pointing out that Apple stuffed up on co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 There has to be a 100 million people laughing at you right now. This is beyond belief. I think he's under the impression that someone clever enough to hack into his computer, would be completely lost once …
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj I'm just going to address this part, because the rest is going around in circles. It matters not at all if you choose to believe my previous posts. What you and I think is irrelevant. From this point on, all tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj ● The data was being collected even when location services were turned off. ● The data was being collected hundreds, even thousands, of times per day (not the twice per day that some folks on this message board…
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Quote: Originally Posted by magicj Not only did no one know that outside of a small handful of specialists, Apple's privacy policy specifically (and falsely) stated that if you turn location services off, no location data would be collected. A…