Ableton Forum

800 by 600

H20nly wrote:

beats me wrote:It’s been reported that the app related economy has created over 400,000 new jobs since apps were invented. Yay for that and the economy! Name another industry/company that can claim the same.

you do realize that "app" is short for application and that all computers and OS's that are considered any kind of mainstream run applications. brickbreaker on your old Nokia with the turd green and black display... that was an app.

so as much as you want to give Apple credit here, they didn't invent the "app". sorry

on the other hand... they did invent the "app store" where 100,000 of those new jobs go to placing good apps and the other 300,000 are developing the same shit or just plain shit.

/reality check

carry on...

You should have started with “You realize an apple is a fruit that grows on a tree” because we both know we aren’t talking about those apples, the same way we aren’t talking about apps as an abbreviation for applications that date all the way back to the first consumer computer. Yes, Apple was the first to make an App Store and the first to make it possible for people to make a living from selling idevice Apps and is still the most successful. Even Android developers admit they make more money off the iOS version even after Apple subtracts their pound of flesh.

starving student wrote:how about slavery........it must have created at least as many jobs... I think 'created x amount of jobs' is the catch phrase of the 21 century, politically correct and agenda were the catch phrases of the last century but now we've moved on. everything that creates jobs is not good, how about murder we never give murder enough credit for how many jobs it creates, especially in detroit....

All electronics go through the same manufacturing plants in China so it’s completely unfair to single out Apple. And it’s widely acknowledged that Apple has some of the highest labor standards in China with frequent audits and has even stopped doing business with suppliers because of repeated violations of Apple’s labor standards.

People are acting like these manufacturing plants are in a Communist country and aren't easily monitored by outsiders. OH FUCKING WAIT.

Another iCade compatible game.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shogun/id485759932?mt=8

@ beats

There's a recent episode of the This American Life podcast titled Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory which excerpts a one man show which is currently running featuring an admitted Apple fanboy who visits the factories in China and some of the disturbing things he came across. Some interesting stories and view points.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSt ... =201671138

I think you might have to subscribe before you can download the episode. My iTunes only displays the most recent episode but that might be because I am already a subscriber.

A must listen for any fanboy who also wants to know reality, and it's not all harsh news about Apple.

Heard this at work a couple weeks ago; it's sparked quite the debate since then....missed it?

THEY ADDED A NET TO THE BUILDING TO PREVENT JUMPERS, THAT'S HOW FUCKED UP IT IS. Granted, statistically, it supposedly on the level.
Rooms stacked with beds where they are less than a couple feet from each other, stacked. Makes me think of the Matrix.

heard that too and all i could do was

hey fuck getting to the root of the problem when you can solve the problem with a net

Obviously Apples idea

barryalva wrote:Can anyone recommend a video editor iOS app. for my iPAD 2? I want it to edit the videos taken from the iPAD camera.

iMovie

Re: nets on Foxconn buildings.

A paranoid image conscious company would restrict outside access to upper levels.

A company that loves hilarity and the circus puts nets on the building.

The Japanese would surround the building with above ground pools filled with lubricated exercise balls.

Let's hope the workers in the new BRAZILIAN Apple factories will be more fucking GRATEFUL than their Chinese counterparts.

omfg.

...and didn't I read that the suicide rate at Foxconn is lower than that of Berkley?