cnocbui

About

Banned
Username
cnocbui
Joined
Visits
15
Last Active
Roles
member
Points
-280
Badges
1
Posts
3,613

Reactions

1.1KLike0Informative

  • Razer Core shows what Apple could do for gamers with Thunderbolt

    cnocbuicnocbui
    The iPad Pro is Apple's idea of high-end gaming.
    macmichiel

  • Wells Fargo cuts Apple price target as stock hovers just above $100

    cnocbuicnocbui
    asdasd said:
    cnocbui said:
    SOG is going on as if his stake is more like that of Carl Icahn - someone who probably is really not pleased with the current turn of events.

    Could  Carl makes a move on the Apple board and Tim Cook?  Is his holding big enough to have an impact?  Is he so quiet because he's up to something?  Pressuring Cook to buy back Apple stock while he hangs on to his own chunk would surely serve to increase the voting influence of his holding.  Wait for a rough patch, get some fund managers on-side and go for a spill?

    Apple's cash hoard must be such a tempting target.

    I'm probably severely overestimating the relative importance of his stake and spouting a load of nonsense. :-)
    He's about 1% I believe. 
    Thanks, very accurate.  Having dug around I make it 0.95 %
    asdasd

  • Samsung seeks to evade $120 million verdict due in Apple's second iPhone infringement trial

    cnocbuicnocbui
    cnocbui said:
    The first witness of the day was computer science professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Kevin Jeffay. He told the court that Apple's '647 "quick links" patent was not the same thing as Samsung's implementation of the same idea, since Apple's patent calls for the use of an "analyzer server" to perform the action, while Android's implementation does its detecting locally. In addition, the "Jellybean" version of Android doesn't enable selection of detected text and thus doesn't infringe, Jeffay said, not mentioning whether earlier or later versions of the Android may infringe Apple's patent.
    Software patents are a dumbness that shouldn't be allowed. So are these alleged patent infringements basic to Android or are they part of Touchwizz? If they are an Android feature then flying off the handle at Samsung seems a bit silly.
    These weren't some submarine patents covering fundamental implementations of technology. Samsung is a big company that studied Apple's products and slavishly copied everything unique about the iPhone because it knew its own ideas were terrible. It doesn't deserve your pity.
    It is probably an invalid patent, but in any case, Samsung does not get my pity, neither does Apple, I don't love or hate either.  you talk about Samsung slavishly copying every detail of the iPhone, but most of the detail is in the OS and Samsung didn't produce Android.  To date, the actual infringements adjudicated in court are pretty minor details.

    Foss Patents states that in terms of patent infringement payments, Apple is a net payer, so doesn't exactly occupy a unique moral high-ground.
    singularitytechlover

  • Apple again rumored to drop 3.5mm headphone jack from 'iPhone 7' for Lightning, Bluetooth

    cnocbuicnocbui


    This argument is based on the premise that "old" automatically equals "bad." I don't think that's a valid argument. ....
    Of course you are right.  I was being a bit facetious there.  :) 

    However, the big trend from analogue to digital, that has been taking place for many decades now is a powerful and ultimately unstoppable force.  If it wasn't for foolish hipsters under the delusion that vinyl produces "better sound" than digital sources, analogue gear might not have survived as long as it has so far.  

    Cool point about the "last mile" being analogue.  :)  
    Humans (and their ears) will indeed always be analogue.  
      I agree with you about digital sources, but we hear analogue waveforms.   The last chain has to be analogue.  There is nothing outdated about the 3.5mm jack in terms of it's technical capabilities or audio quality.  Making the DAC and OP amp external to a phone and incorporated instead in an adapter, earbuds or headphones confers no technical benefit or improvement in audio quality whatsoever and is more likely to lead to lower sound quality as cost savings are sought.

    Dongles and adapters are not progress, they are regressive.

    lorin schultz

  • Samsung seeks to evade $120 million verdict due in Apple's second iPhone infringement trial

    cnocbuicnocbui
    The first witness of the day was computer science professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Kevin Jeffay. He told the court that Apple's '647 "quick links" patent was not the same thing as Samsung's implementation of the same idea, since Apple's patent calls for the use of an "analyzer server" to perform the action, while Android's implementation does its detecting locally. In addition, the "Jellybean" version of Android doesn't enable selection of detected text and thus doesn't infringe, Jeffay said, not mentioning whether earlier or later versions of the Android may infringe Apple's patent.
    Software patents are a dumbness that shouldn't be allowed. So are these alleged patent infringements basic to Android or are they part of Touchwizz? If they are an Android feature then flying off the handle at Samsung seems a bit silly.
    gatorguynetmage