>For not posting about the monstrous evil of religion lately. I've been >distracted by the new iPhone SDK (which is very nice) and thinking of >what sort of software to create with it that lots of other people >haven't also thought of :-)
Hah! http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/11/1216211&from=rss "Apple's iPhone software development kit is already drawing complaints due to the strict terms of service. Voice over IP apps like Skype that attempt to use the cellular data connection will be blocked. Competing web browsers Firefox and Opera are forbidden. Even Sun is now backpedaling on its recent announcement of a java port, noting that there are some legal issues. Critics are already comparing Apple's methods to Comcast's anti-net neutrality filtering, and Microsoft's Netscape-killing antitrust tactics. Could Apple face government regulators?" Time to get the big guns out and blast Apple for killing competition ... In other Apple news: http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/08/03/18/2117208.shtml "Apparently, even subliminal exposure to the Apple logo can make you 'think different.' Researchers at Duke University subjected participants to subliminal images of the iconic Apple and IBM logos (during what subjects thought was a visual acuity test), and those who were shown the Apple logo generated more creative ideas after the test than did those who were shown the IBM logo. In a second test, subjects exposed to the Disney logo acted more honestly than those who saw an E! Channel logo." ... and ... http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/08/03/19/156256.shtml "[A] look at how Steve Jobs' unusual and abrasive management style works. Included is also two cool added stories around this one.Management Techniques From the Dark Side; Wired.com compiles a list of counterintuitive, suspicious-seeming and downright evil management techniques that actually work." Personally I don't like Apples, or fruit in general. I'm a meat and potatoes man. Regards, Curtis. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
