Another Opinion Among Many

I’ve wondered how anyone could continue to support a company like Apple, when they might get sued at any time for mot using the product according to the way Apple wants you to.

The latest things that Apple is taking exception to publically are companies that make touch screens and users who “jailbreak” their iPhones so that they can use apps that aren’t found in the “app store”.

Apple has filed a patent on their touch screen technology and has shown intent to sue any company that it feels has a touch screen that resembles theirs.

Now, Apple is rattling their sabres again over iPhome jailbreakers, saying that its an illegal act, claiming copyright and DMCA violationsof its software.  So, if you want your iPhone to do things that there isn’t an approved application sitting in the “app store” for you, your device cannot be used fo that purpose, despite its capability to do so.

This is just another example of bullying a slanted interpretation of law onto one’s users to keep them from “popping the hood” of the device they paid a lot of money for.  They are bullying people to stop innovating.  This is such a shame, as Apple has a reputation for producing quality hardware.

It may appear that I’ve wandered off somewhere, and I am not sure if I haven’t. I’ve not written anything here in a while and still haven’t decided to put anything substantive down in words, but, for those who still seem to care about what is written on this corner of the ‘net, I say, “Hello!” Watch the header for a possible email address change, BTW. I’m getting the impression that spammers are spoofing my email address and its getting blacklisted on some email servers. No, that wasn’t me trying to sell you fake Rolex watches.

Damn! Its -34°C outside right now. If the wind blows, it feels like -42°C. I thought that was a temperature reserved for places like Winnipeg.  I don’t like this, especially since our place is heated with electricity and the power flickered about an hour ago.

Frozen Ninjas

What is up with the buzz phrase, “Economic Downturn“? Does it seem less like a recession or depression if we call it some “PC” phrase? My pockets are still empty. A spade is a spade. Call it that!

Jeez! On the news, I just heard that bullshit phrase 4 more times while typing this (extremely short) post. WTF!!!

As a start to the new year online, I decided to try the Firefox 3.1 beta 2 and see if the “awesome bar” piece of crap “improvement” on a functional address bar would be faster. So far so good. When I begin to type something, it doesn’t hang for ten seconds after the third letter. That’s a good sign.

What is it with you??? You know who you are! Yes, you, the driver two cars ahead that insists on driving fast enough to keep us from passing you when on a straight, car-less stretch? Yes, you, who always slows down when cars come from the other direction?

What is up with that? Are you scared of them? If so, stop driving your car! Are you afraid that you’re speeding and that you’ll get caught by the police for doing so? Stop speeding, then! Just stick with a speed so that we behind you can stop being distracted by your terrible and downright scary driving!

Yes, you are scary to be behind.  Its because we don’t know when you’re just going to lock your brakes right up and cause a ten car pileup.  I mean, really, can you just try to pick a speed and stick with it, regardless of whether someone’s coming the other way???? Please? You scare me.

Wow, its climbing up there in temperature.  Yesterday was so muggy and warm that I didn’t think that I was going to see it cool down in oru apartment.  Today’s forecast is a humid 30°C and it seems that it might be there.

Unfortunately, the air conditioning in our building here at work seems to have an inverse relationship with the outside temperature.  The hotter it gets outside, the colder it gets in here.  I’ve just put on my sweater to stave off the shivers for the rest of the day.  Anybody else in this situation where they have to take their jacket or sweater to work when it blazing hot outside?