> This is similar to someone caught in video robbing a store but beating the charge because of a technicality
It is more like someone being _accused_ of robbing a video store and then it turned out the only evidence against them was acquired when the police broke into his home to steal his dairy.
And to add to that. Broke into his home to steal his diary without noticing that they were outside of their jurisdiction.
When they mentioned this oversight to the Acting Prime Minister, he forgot to pass it on to the Prime Minister (who may have been somewhat distracted fending off attacks on another minister who broke the law accepting campaign funds from the guy who broke into the video store).
Sorry, but I do not see anything bad at saying "this is dumb idea" different would have been if I had said "This is fucking stupid idea". Anyway my negative points kinda were earned. :(
The reason, of course, is that they aren't actually answers, they're part of a desperate attempt to justify and deflect blame for Apple's royal screwup...
I don't know why people do this sort of thing (go nuts defending something obviously indefensible). As one of the few sane commenters points out, liking Apple's products, and even being a all-out fan, doesn't mean one can't be realistic about their problems. Indeed, well-placed and clear-eyed criticism will in the long run only make Apple's stuff better, and surely that's something any fan could get behind, right?
I'm certainly not an Apple fanboy, but I generally like Apple's products, and have even thought about buying an iphone 5 ... but now ... I'm not so sure (I guess I'll wait and see how things play out). Which sucks, because in many ways it's an absolutely delicious piece of kit (and in the case of the ipod touch, pretty much the only game in town). Please Apple, do the right thing, even if it means swallowing your pride in the short-term; if you do, I will happily give you my money...
Ha! By far the worst of the stackexchange network sites I've seen. My wife and I sometimes read it for laughs.... Funny that people who can come up with a dozen ways to solve a trivial programming problem, when confronted with a parenting issue, invariably offer some useless brute-force based advice like ”show the kid who's boss”, or ”keep them in line”...
Me too! I read the "So i get around 2.500 items/day in my Twitter stream, which is quite a lot!" and thought, "Does he mean mentions or what? Why would he output the number to three significant features."
I shrugged it off and continued to be amazed by the data this app can collect and promptly signed up for the beta.
You mean the standards/convention vary by region. :)
On the other hand, if writing in English, it makes sense to use the conventions for English, not the German ones just because you might happen to be German.
The ISO standard recommends using a small space instead.
Numbers consisting of long sequences of digits can be made more readable by separating them into groups, preferably groups of three, separated by a small space. For this reason, ISO 31-0 specifies that such groups of digits should never be separated by a comma or point, as these are reserved for use as the decimal sign.
It is more like someone being _accused_ of robbing a video store and then it turned out the only evidence against them was acquired when the police broke into his home to steal his dairy.