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Google has done the right thing in this case. I'm not delving into other products, strategies, etc., but with Android, they've done the right thing, by making their software with developers in mind, and not rushing to reap benefits as if there was no tomorrow, Google is steadily owning tomorrow's market And also very importantly, Android is poised for dominance in China, the world's largest mobile market. A HUGE piece of the cake. Android is definitely poised for World dominance http://www.racknine.com/blog/software/android-os-poised-for-world-dominance/

The technology itself is not inherently evil. I would love a centralized system to manage my entire life for the sheer fact that it's simplicity allows me more time to do other things than manually manage aspects of my life which automation could (and should) coordinate. Unfortunately greed (aka business) has become so desensitized to the layman that they honestly couldn't care less what you do with the service provided someone makes a buck.

Problem is too many businesses are like this. You don't make money by being nice to people, and functionality to benefit us can just as easily grab and administer marketing strategies. Take the internet for example: originally designed as an amazing place for people to exchange information at a dizzying pace. To simplify session handling for something as limited as a website we developed the cookie. Enter the Gator (or your favourite brand of greed-motivated advertiser) who sees the potential to capitalize on this wealth of knowledge and voila, 200 popup windows before I manage to wade through onto slashdot. Did I mistakenly post my email address describing my company's services? Obviously that means I want info on naturally enlarging my penis through a home based business that can earn me $500 per day offering a flavour of the month pyramid scheme.

Bottom line: It's a good idea, but wouldn't work in a system where knowledge is power is money. ...Just you wait, my next Toyota with the voice activated system will one day say: "We've opened your door Matt, would've been faster had you bought a Lexus"

Thank you from Telus.

-Matt

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Maybe so, but the chances of an airplane letting me hookup the desktop PC for some Warcraft 3 is very slim!

Actually I don't mind a laptop with slightly larger dimensions. For my purposes as a desktop-to-go or monitoring servers I really don't need an ultra-portable thinkpad like those midget-sized machines IBM came out with a few years back.

That and onboard ATI makes for great presentations (not to mention fragging!)

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My favourite device for younger children would have to be the tablet. These little devices are all fine and good, but a tablet can use either an attached keyboard or pen with a monitor size considerably larger than these tiny screens.

And they're pretty cheap for what you get :)

Sincerely,

-Matt

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Yeah, well, if you melt regular cable you'll disrupt the signal too. Not much knowledge gained here except that I'm not letting you near my datacenter with anything flammable :)

-Matt

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I always wonder if these licensed games tend to hurt the worlds they're designed to cover. I enjoyed the matrix and idea of Neo as "the one" because of the limitless freedom and ability he'd found by simply freeing himself of doubt.

Then again you have to wonder if in the movie what we didn't see was the user's HUD or in-game chat: "Trinity, I'm down to 12% health, find me a med-pak!", or better yet: "he's using a wall hack!"

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For 12.99/mo you will know the matrix.

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