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Sounds like Apple is denying this is true.

But even if it were, platform exclusivity is a very common practice in gaming.

Microsoft paid Bethesda for exclusivity on Skyrim content. As a consequence PC and PS3 DLC was delayed substantially every time.

The characterization in the title is certainly wrong. "Made" EA delay it? No, EA and Apple agreed on a deal just like EA has done with Microsoft and probably Sony in the past, and will do again.

This title should be changed.
Best to stay on Unbuntu's long term releases.
As a GNU/Linux OS user I have a similar process:

Is it on Netflix? Doesn't matter, can't use Netflix.

Is it on Amazon Prime? Doesn't matter, can't use Amazon Prime.

Is it on Amazon Instant Video for rent or purchase? Doesn't matter, can't use it.

Do I actually want to own a copy permanently and is it available anywhere online for purchase for a reasonable price, in high quality, and DRM free?

No? Pirate Bay.
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Apple says no money changed hands, and that's probably true. Just like no money changed hands in the Android KitKat deal. Still doesn't make either transactions not about the money.
This has quite a precedent in the console gaming world. Microsoft paid Rockstar to release GTA IV DLC exclusively on 360 for a year, pay Activision to release COD maps a month earlier on 360, and pay Bethesda for timed exclusivity on Fallout and Skyrim DLC. Sony for their part pay for "extra" levels on stuff like Assassin's Creed that only appear on the PS3 version.

While certainly a legitimate business tactic, I can't help feel it is bad form to pay for someone else not to (temporarily) have something, much better to actually fund unique stuff.
Windows XP users are our best clients who pay hundreds of thousands of dollars, as they are stuck in the corporate world of "no upgrades!"

Sadly the apps we build for them for the public see very little actual IE8 use...

I'm hopeful 2014 death of XP comes true, but I won't be surprised if actual death doesnt happen until 2015
Apple has on a few occasions* threatened business partners with reprisals if they didn't go along with their (possibly-illegal) schemes, so the exchange of cash (if it happened) doesn't necessarily exempt Apple from blame.

* e.g. threatening to sue Palm over patents, if they didn't agree to the no-hire agreement, and blocking a publishers app from the app store
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Microsoft is not seriously expecting the billions they're getting from Android OEM's by charging them for using open source software with trivial and broad patents is going to last forever, is it? If they're basing their mobile business strategy on that, they're doing it wrong.
They look very different to me. Check your monitor settings if they look the same to you :)
Some Google-Books perusal suggests that airlines in the U.S., if they sell tickets to the public (rather than operating as private carriers) have an even stronger obligation than public accommodations, as common carriers who are required to provide service to the general public at the stated rates without discrimination, like phone companies, railroad companies, telegraph companies, ferry boats, etc. Whereas public accommodations like hotels are only prohibited from certain enumerated kinds of discrimination (race, religion, etc.). Seems to be a concept in 18th-century English law that crossed over to the early US, and stayed around in limited contexts (transportation and communications).

Admittedly, not specifically related to freedom of speech in that case.
Ok, Varnish 4.0 were mentioned, by I dont find anything concrete of specific with Google Search. When will that be coming?

And I would love if High Scalability do an Interview with Disqus. 8 Billion PV, would love to see their Stack, Backend, and Machines that handles it.
>Freedom of speech is about stopping the government from interfering with your speech

No it's not. It's about stopping anyone, especially - but not limited to - large and powerful organizations.
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[0] http://blog.sudobits.com - I blog about free and open source softwares, tools, news and so.

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GPS receivers routinely provide sub 50ns (yes, nanosecond) accuracy on clock synchronisation. This is not a difficult problem.
If someone steals a coffee machine, first get a proof. Then you need to set up two meetings before firing the employee. Once this step is done, you send him or her a letter and he/she's officialy fired.

The employee can then request a reexamination in front of a court (prud'hommes). If you have any proof it will cost you 0€, you don't need a lawyer when going on prud'hommes and this will take you max 1 hour of your time. You can then ask some money to the employee to cover the damage caused and the time lost.

If you don't have any proof, then yep, you're fucked, and for a reason "presumption of innocence".

Cool for you to meet M. Hollande, but I'm afraid his role is not to vote laws or change the labor code, other instances less centralized are already dealing with this.
I like the way it works here in Québec. To hold the title of Engineer one has to have an actual engineering degree.

For example I am getting a "Software Engineering" degree. It has all the same math and science classes as other engineering majors.

If I ever want to use my title as engineer I will be held to the same standards as other engineers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering_professio...
I'd assumed that location history had been turned off when Latitude went away. Glad to see it's still there :).
Holy cow, this is why I quit all the mainstream social media and never even got on Twitter in the first place... because people treat it WAY too seriously
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This is supposed to be the "innovation?" A static, physical, printed-on-a-touchpad input system for a touch device?

This input device was made to seem cool in an ad. In the real world the reaction will be puzzlement over why these controls are not implemented on the screen, where visual feedback and reconfiguration of the controls is possible.
Err, no, that's a very narrow First Amendment negative style of freedom of speech.

Contrary to every American Internet debater, Britain is not actually governed by the US Constitution. The applicable law you are looking for is the European Convention on Human Rights, and the 1998 Human Rights Act, specifically Article 10, which starts with the rather bold statement "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression". This is a positive right that the Convention guarantees (subject to the limitations in Article 10 §2) rather than just being a negative limitation on government.

It's a lot more grey than you think. This is very dodgy because most airlines are legally common carriers. The reasons for which they can refuse service are rather more limited than most other businesses. Pubs and bars, for instance, can refuse service on almost any grounds (other than equality legislation: you can't not serve someone because they are, say, black or gay or a woman). But if you hold a valid ticket, have a valid passport/ID and get through security etc., there aren't many grounds on which an airline can decline you from boarding a plane.

Standard IANAL disclaimer applies. The actual law is often rather different from what Internet libertarians believe it ought to be.
Not necessarily, because clauses can be ruled invalid if they go against the law.

From the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
Regulations 1999, which implements the EC Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair terms in consumer contracts (the Unfair Contract Terms Directive):

Excessive rights for the supplier. Cancellation of a contract by the supplier
can leave the consumer facing inconvenience at least, if not costs or other
problems. Where that is so, a unilateral right for the supplier to cancel
without any liability to do more than return prepayments is likely to be
considered unfair (see Group 6(b), on terms which exclude even that
liability).
Not really. Advance fares on most UK train lines are cheaper than advance fares on most planes IMX. The mistake most people make is comparing walk-up-and-go train fares with advance plane tickets.
Pretty sure you get burned at the stake if you fire someone for not working extra hard in France.
I also had that fear, which almost stopped me from going through with it. But fear is treatable.
What's the problem? His original tweet encourages his followers to "Get right into em!". Oh sorry, you want to whip up an online frenzy about a company AND use their services?
That is true , but it's still arguably concerning especially in cases like airlines where there are just a few big players who dominate.

It would be a little like google blocking your use of their search engine or deranking your websites if you posted something critical of them.
Ground crew are 1 out of about 20 people that can make a go no go decision. The computer can say no, security can say no, flight crew and cabin crew can also say no, and in a pinch say yes.
I had Lasek done about 5 years ago. The first days after surgery my vision was 100% perfect and light sources were completely crisp and well defined.

However, as my eyes healed, vision degraded a bit and the halo and starburst distortions came back. Nine months later I got a free followup surgery, but that didn't improve matters any.

It's still improved my life a lot, but it sucks going back to distorted vision after seeing perfectly. Also, Lasek sucks. Lasik wasn't an option for me but reading about procedures now I think PRK would have been a better choice (or some laser-only surgery, but I wasn't given that option either), and I certainly wouldn't have gone through a second surgery if I knew it wouldn't help.
It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what. - A quote by Stephen Fry

Free speech is one thing, but abuse of free speech is another. When you perform an action that negatively affects the sales of a company and if you expect to benefit from it, in return for which the company doesn't allow you, I think it's fair.

You can't say Mc Donald's sucks and eat a burger from them (that would be hypocrisy). Well, whether Mc Donald's should let you buy a burger from them AFTER you just said that is solely their choice. I'm sure it must be buried in some TOC bs of theirs somewhere. But you can't be a hypocrite and expect sympathy for it, either. In all fairness, if his money wasn't refunded, then it's probably fair that he fights with them. Otherwise, if he had been refunded already, it's just hypocrisy at best.

And being a hypocrite and being offended doesn't give you any special rights either. Just saying.

Stop thinking of the airlines as someone else and imagine if it was YOUR company. Imagine if you ran a cloud services company and this guy wrote a blogpost about why your company sucks (which negatively affects your sales) and then bought a dozen cloud servers from you (secretly, because you're his only option). I would have no problem in refunding his money and revoking his service with a polite smile and a "Sorry", if it was my company.
Gnome's Bugzilla 403's for me... is it just me?
Not really

"Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas using one's body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, as with libel, slander, obscenity, sedition (including, for example inciting ethnic hatred), copyright violation, revelation of information that is classified or otherwise."

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech
I have an upcoming project where we'll be implementing a pattern recognition algorithm - think smart flash cards. I've read up some on timed-repetition and a small amount on how neural networks work.

With your experiences, do you have any recommended reading that would help me with the neural network learning curve?
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Thanks. I'd like to think I was paying pretty close attention, since I already had writing these blog posts in mind even before taking the surgery, so I was taking notes and trying to observe what my vision was before. Of course memory is fallible.
My girlfriend can't wear contact lenses any more due to excessive use. She has developed both scarring and corneal neovascularization.
Those terms are unfair. If they tried that in Australia, the clause would be struck down.
There are plenty of modern contact lenses that can be worn for longer periods than just a single day without issues. As far as I understand it, this comes from enhanced materials, letting through more oxygen while retaining more moisture.

I use Air Optix (http://www.airoptix.com/safety-information.shtml), they say up to 6 nights is fine for their baseline version, with up to 30 nights for the Night & Day product. Not affiliated in any way, just a customer.
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I had LASEK* 2 or 3 years ago and it's been nothing but incredible. I now see 20/15.

With LASEK there is no cutting of the eye, so there is no risk of halos or of the flap coming loose later in life. Something like 80-90% of the complications are from the flap, so LASEK is much safer. It takes a day or so longer to heal, but the results are worth it. One of the coolest things I've ever done, and zero negative side effects. Infact, for the first 6 months of so I walked around NYC like I was on acid - just amazed at how clear everything was and being able to see things like bricks on the top corners of buildings 60 stories tall.

Also, the feeling of waking up in the morning without my eyes all f'd up from sleeping in contacts is priceless. I literally found myself crying tears of joy and gratitude on several occasions for how amazing this was. I was happier simply from being able to see better. And it's helped a ton with my ultimate frisbee game and helped me better deal with sand for beach sports.

If you want a laugh, google Dr. Emil Chynn -- he is a brilliant doctor but also a bit eccentric. He was recently on Howard Stern offering $100k to help him find a wife ;) and then book an appointment to see him.

If you'd like a personal introduction to him, feel free to email me (anthony@creditcovers.com) and I can help you get a free consult and friends & family discount. He also has financing available.

Seriously, if you wear glasses or contacts get this done as soon as you can and look into LASEK (no cut, no flap). If you are in NYC check out Park Avenue Safe Sight (LASEK) and Dr. Emil Chynn.

EDIT: I should mention that with the "HD Upgrade" that I got you get a level of clarity that is impossible to reach with glasses or contacts. It's supposed to be 25x more accurate a prescription because they do a laser scan of the entire surface of the eye, and then create micro prescriptions for every area -- sort of like dimples on a golf ball vs. 1 lens like glasses or contects which basically takes the average prescription for the entire eye. LASEK is superior - more accurate, no halos (since no scar tissue), no flap to fall off, better than 20/20 vision, less risk of infection.. Really an amazing technology (oh and I got a DVd of my eyes being lasered ;) )
You can't say Mc Donald's sucks and eat a burger from them (that would be hypocrisy).

You can't? Who's going to stop you.

A complaint tweet is one thing - if that was the end of it, no one would have heard of this incident. Barring a person for a complaint tweet has made it a much bigger media issue.
Barbara Streisand effect is already kicking in.
The article reads biased, exactly because of the points mentioned

What else uses steam turbines? Coal plants!

My bet is that the high cost is in the primary(?) heat circuit, the one that runs on molten salt

Also, it looks like it's still one of the first designs, so it's bound to cost more.
If you are going to hinge your argument on hypocrisy, then Stephen Fry might not have been the best example http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/25/stephen_fry_not_upse...
for some people like me this is a feature and not an issue. You get to choose if you want to be tracked or not so its up to you.
What made the daily contact lenses better than the monthly contact lenses?
IMO there's one primary reason Nvidia does not release open source drivers, and never will, despite whatever they say now.
It has nothing to do with lawyers, or protecting hardware secrets - that's all just smokescreen to obscure the real reason.

If open source drivers were available, it would be possible to port the low level code to any operating system environment anyone wanted to. And that means future, experimental operating systems and GUIs too.
Effectively this would enable OS/GUI innovation, allowing radical new 3D graphics based UIs, escaping the Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple trap.

Considering the dismal state of UIs now (Windows 8, cough, say no more) you can imagine what the appearance of a well designed, sensible and user-enabling OS/GUI in the next few years would do to Microsoft.

Open source 3D drivers would definitely result in a quite rapid overturn of the present OS monopoly-by-three applecart. So the powers that be in the personal computer market are going to allow it ... over their dead bodies.

Incidentally, 3Dfx did make the full source code for their Glide drivers available (for money.) I worked at a company that bought the 3Dfx drivers, and I personally ported the drivers (which were Windows & Linux targeted) to a minimal MIPS processor based platform intended for gambling machines. It worked - passed all the test code. Then the company went through a 'local CEO was ripping off the company, sack him and kill all his projects' spasm, and the machine never got to market. Soon after that 3Dfx was deep sixed and their patents sucked into the Nvidia pool.

Personally I've always suspected those events may have had something to do with certain parties making sure an open source 3D engine never happened - precisely because it would be a threat to the OS status quo.
I had this dream a few years ago, that it would fun to move somewhere other than the US, and start a business. I thought it was fun to experience a new culture, and maybe provide something useful. One of places I looked was France, because its the only other language i speak. The immigration laws seemed overwhelmingly difficult for someone like myself (I have a great engineering job in the US, but no degree).

In the end, I got married and bought a house. A different dream I suppose.
OS X works perfectly for grannies of my kid :)

the good thing is, that it is absolutely stable and requires close to zero support from me (I do updates 2 times a year)
They have (finally) updated the Google+ app, and the "Locations" functionality is much more like the old Latitude. Also, it works on rooted phones now (previously the map tiles wouldn't load).
Perhaps Apple has agreed to a higher revenue % of the in app purchases, this could lead to a significant amount of money. (a.k.a. truckload)
I think McDonalds is gross but when I'm in a hurry I stop for breakfast once in awhile.
> Free speech is one thing, but abuse of free speech is another. When you perform an action that negatively affects the sales of a company and if you expect to benefit from it, in return for which the company doesn't allow you, I think it's fair.

EasyJet is not a charity; it is a business I.E. Company.

When services were not rendered as expected when the soldier mentioned in the article couldn't be on time, this gentlemen publically stated (the Tweet) that the company was derelict in its obligation to the customer. Now he was at his queue expecting to see the completion of services he has already paid for.

If I'm at McDonalds and the service sucks, I will voice as such and since I've already paid, I still expect my hamburger to be delivered to my satisfaction. Or a refund. That analogy actually doesn't apply in this case, since the service is transportation, not fast food. If people's appointments cannot be kept and connections not completed, that is well within the realm of legitimate criticism, pending services be damned.

If free speech doesn't apply when critiquing company service by customers (prior to, during and post rendition of services), then sites like Yelp should be shut down.

You may note, they aren't being shut down.
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After 17 years of contacts, I had wavefront LASIK. My contact prescription was -9.00, so my choices were very thick and expensive glasses or contact lenses.

Beware the advertised pricing. $2000 LASIK means 'per eye', and you have to add another $1000 for wavefront and another $1000 for laser-cut flaps instead of blade-cut. It ended up being $6,000 which wasn't said until the day of the procedure.

I was told that they didn't expect to give me 20/20 vision, I ended up around 20/40, good enough to legally drive without glasses but I squint a bit. I still have a slight astigmatism in one eye, and that throws me off quite a bit.

The first 6 months during healing were bad - lots of halos, sensitive to light, very poor night vision, especially when driving. But 18 months later Id on't have those problems anymore. I did lose my very close (~6 inches) vision which was very sharp before.

My biggest complaint is dry eyes. I'm not using eyedrops 4-6 times per day, it doesn't help to be in front of a computer screen as much as I am, and it's worst in the mornings and night.
I wonder if "B people" are really unteachable, and if not, I wonder if software companies are missing out on a huge opportunity to hire B people and turn them into A people.
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I'd love to! But, the 3 people I've approached about it so far have all failed to work with a single lead. Literally I'll forward them an email asking me to come speak somewhere, and they never communicate with the person or me about the work again.

If anyone on HN wants to start a speakers agency for tech/security folk, I'd be first in line to sign up :)
He already bought the ticket. he was in the boarding queue.

Your analogy should be changed to: 'whether McDonalds should let you eat a burger AFTER you buy it from them'.

This is simply Easyjet breaking a contract - as long as he's not broken the terms himself. which would be surprising in this case.
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Other than a poor choice of title I literally cannot understand what is objectionable. But somehow it is as objectionable as claiming all men have poor hygiene?

I also hate that women are excluded from what they want to do because of sexist bullshit. Please if this is actually sexist, point me to the exact parts or wordings that indirectly imply girlfriends in general are incapable of programming, so that I can never write a similar thing.
> Domestic flights in the UK aren't critical infrastructure, they're luxury. We have trains.

Northern Ireland is part of the UK.
Popcap (who make Plants vs Zombie) had previously had an Android exclusivity deal with the Amazon app store for the first release of the game:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1753671/amazons-android-march-pop...

So it's not like the company is doing anything groundbreaking with this move.