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The rules on obtaining a patent might be BS, but the patent its self is just as "valid" as Amazon's 1 click ordering. Neither should have been allowed in the first place, but since the courts have decided that software patents are fair, you have to take the good with the bad.
I think you are all missing the irony here...
So basically, Apple fully supports software patents so long as it benefits them. When another company wants money for a BS patent, it's a travesty. You gotta love the way business works.
I can't say anything to tablets with flash just yet, but it works fantastically on my G2. Every site I've ever tried works perfectly, and quickly, even with the g2 having a previous gen CPU (single core). I can't imagine why it would not work on a tablet as well as it does on my phone.
I read the article, and it's kind of annoying that the OP makes this judgement based off of facebook games. It doesn't sound like he made much effort at all. It sounds more like that he's trying to reinforce or convince himself that the lack of flash on ipad isn't a shortcoming. I guess this goes well with the Apple religion articles I've seen lately.
Now that many high quality grow lights sport LED bulbs and do not consume nearly as much power or put out a lot of heat, how will the gestapo decide who to raid? I guess they can always knock randomly and claim they hear a noise on the other side of the door...
Just because the social aspect of reader sucks, doesn't make the service useless. I use it extensivly to keep track of posts from dozens of sites. I really couldn't care less about the social aspect of reader, personally. I find it to be a useful aggregator of stories.
Apple isn't really known for rushing vital security patches on its own products, so how can anyone expect them hurry up with products from other vendors? Apple makes decent products, but they really should hurry a bit more when flaws are discovered.
...which is why it will be made illegal soon. Governments aren't interested in granting liberties. It tends to make law enforcement more difficult, and law enforcement tends to be lazy in the first place.
A lot of times when I talk to people, I don't maintain eye contact the whole time. I'm sure that it leads to all kind of different pseudo-psychiatric theories about me, but I don't care. With video chat, you just have to sit there and stare at the other person's face the whole time, which I find to be a little weird. That, and I find video chat to be pretty unnecessary. In most cases it doesn't add much to the conversation.
I just don't use twitter, facebook, etc. So I'm not in habit of answering a bunch of BS notifications all day.