The new audio output which supports 5.1 dolby and 1080p is huge. The HD output is especially nice for teachers since it supports any app, not just specific Apple sanctioned ones like the first iPad (at 480p).
A big complaint about the first iPad was that it was uncomfortable to use as an eBook reader for long periods of time, the weight reduction and thinning while removing sharp edges out should help against that problem.
The fact that you think a name should be trademarkable is nuts. I have a last name, should I have the ability to ban anyone else from using it to gather money? This lawsuit is insane.
My mother is one of those people who is very skeptical about the positive influence technology has had on our society. To her the more automated and advanced our culture is the less productive we are. She only ever hears about massive digital consumer data losses, or crashed/hacked ATM's. While I think we all agree that technology isn't always the silver bullet we want it to be, I do think examples like this help to demonstrate that we really are making progress. Even 10 years ago this poor young man would be totally isolated from the classroom learning atmosphere. While we still have a long way to go, when I speak with my disabled friends, they often remind me of how much innovation has improved their lives even in just the last 20 years.
I think you are thinking of the rumored Xbox Live release of the N64 version, that would indeed have been a complicated nightmare. I think the reason Brosnan didn't sign off might have had to do with his sudden firing and replacement. Of course it might have also just been a case where MGM and Activision wanted to reinforce the new Craig Bond character. Who knows.
Pro-Apple Slashdot? You must be new here. Or perhaps you just arrive back from a deserted island./. has been hating on Apple even more than MS for years now.
I'm only looking at it from a performance stand point. On the issues of cost, accessibility and many other measures the US system is in very poor shape. SO I suppose it depends on from what angle we are looking at. That said, I would still like to see a link that disputes what World Report states. I'm not saying your wrong, but you asking for a reference-disputing it, and being un-willing to provide a more suitable one isn't a very strong case from my perspective.
Well if you have a more comprehensive link I would love to read it. Honestly. You asked for a citation, I chose the top Google result so as to not look like I was cherry picking. If I'm wrong, which is totally possible, I would hope you would enlighten/correct me. I'm also not sure why World Report would have a UK bias as well?
The real problem is that here in the US being educated is actually viewed as a bad thing. Which is why it's bizzare to see such a good higher ed system in a place so emphatically anti-intellectual.
Feel free and peruse the link I've provided twice in this discussion. The US and the UK dominate the top 50 with a handful from Canada and Western Europe. Again I never said there are not PLENTY of other great schools out there. What is jingoistic about pointing out the irony of a failing lower education system in contrast to a very good higher education system? Seems that your hate for all things American is blinding you friend.
Seems the UK and US are top of the class. There are plenty of great schools nearly anywhere. Still, when talking about volume, its not hard to see where the bulk lie.
I never stated that the only places people go are in the US. But a quick search Google search will reveal that the top 50 universities are dominated by the US and UK. Try this link: World's best uni's
Umm... where did I state that nobody travels to other places as well? The U.K. for instance, has an amazing higher-ed system as. Reading must have been tough for you growing up.
You know, the schools people come to attend from across the globe? Or perhaps you had a different country in mind?
Harvard University Cambridge, MA,
Princeton University Princeton, NJ,
Yale University New Haven, CT,
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA,
Stanford University Stanford, CA,
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA,
Columbia University New York, NY,
University of Chicago Chicago, IL,
Duke University Durham,
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH,
Northwestern University Evanston, IL,
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO,
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD,
Cornell University Ithaca, NY, Brown University Providence, RI, Emory University Atlanta, GA, Rice University Houston, TX,
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN,
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN,
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA,
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA,
Georgetown University Washington, DC, University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
it is likely the best university system in the world. Contrast that with K-12 (lower ed) and I find it hard to complain about what is seemingly a world class higher education model.
Actually I think it is the Lego series, those are mega sellers and Activision is miking them to death, just like every other one of their non-Blizzard originated franchises.
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Ahh good to know. Sorry for the error in my initial post.
Well between greedy capitalist and total asshole I think you just might be Mr. Jobs.
The new audio output which supports 5.1 dolby and 1080p is huge. The HD output is especially nice for teachers since it supports any app, not just specific Apple sanctioned ones like the first iPad (at 480p).
A big complaint about the first iPad was that it was uncomfortable to use as an eBook reader for long periods of time, the weight reduction and thinning while removing sharp edges out should help against that problem.
The fact that you think a name should be trademarkable is nuts. I have a last name, should I have the ability to ban anyone else from using it to gather money? This lawsuit is insane.
My mother is one of those people who is very skeptical about the positive influence technology has had on our society. To her the more automated and advanced our culture is the less productive we are. She only ever hears about massive digital consumer data losses, or crashed/hacked ATM's. While I think we all agree that technology isn't always the silver bullet we want it to be, I do think examples like this help to demonstrate that we really are making progress. Even 10 years ago this poor young man would be totally isolated from the classroom learning atmosphere. While we still have a long way to go, when I speak with my disabled friends, they often remind me of how much innovation has improved their lives even in just the last 20 years.
I think you are thinking of the rumored Xbox Live release of the N64 version, that would indeed have been a complicated nightmare. I think the reason Brosnan didn't sign off might have had to do with his sudden firing and replacement. Of course it might have also just been a case where MGM and Activision wanted to reinforce the new Craig Bond character. Who knows.
Dragon's Lair Trilogy just came out on Wii a couple months back. I haven't played it, but heard good things about the port.
Word is that it was a licensing issue. Same with 006.
Try MGS: Twin Snakes on Gamecube its a great remake of MGS:1 that looks great today. Made by most of the same people too.
Bravo! A very well constructed argument about a topic that usually seems to just bring out the same tired points again and again.
Pro-Apple Slashdot? You must be new here. Or perhaps you just arrive back from a deserted island. /. has been hating on Apple even more than MS for years now.
Ummm the way that my link did... Or any other site I've read. ButI'll say (yet again), I'm open to a better link.
I'm only looking at it from a performance stand point. On the issues of cost, accessibility and many other measures the US system is in very poor shape. SO I suppose it depends on from what angle we are looking at. That said, I would still like to see a link that disputes what World Report states. I'm not saying your wrong, but you asking for a reference-disputing it, and being un-willing to provide a more suitable one isn't a very strong case from my perspective.
Well if you have a more comprehensive link I would love to read it. Honestly. You asked for a citation, I chose the top Google result so as to not look like I was cherry picking. If I'm wrong, which is totally possible, I would hope you would enlighten/correct me. I'm also not sure why World Report would have a UK bias as well?
The real problem is that here in the US being educated is actually viewed as a bad thing. Which is why it's bizzare to see such a good higher ed system in a place so emphatically anti-intellectual.
Feel free and peruse the link I've provided twice in this discussion. The US and the UK dominate the top 50 with a handful from Canada and Western Europe. Again I never said there are not PLENTY of other great schools out there. What is jingoistic about pointing out the irony of a failing lower education system in contrast to a very good higher education system? Seems that your hate for all things American is blinding you friend.
Seems the UK and US are top of the class. There are plenty of great schools nearly anywhere. Still, when talking about volume, its not hard to see where the bulk lie.
I never stated that the only places people go are in the US. But a quick search Google search will reveal that the top 50 universities are dominated by the US and UK. Try this link: World's best uni's
Umm... where did I state that nobody travels to other places as well? The U.K. for instance, has an amazing higher-ed system as. Reading must have been tough for you growing up.
Tell that to the thousands of foreign students who travel to the US from countries as varied as India and Germany.
You know, the schools people come to attend from across the globe? Or perhaps you had a different country in mind?
Harvard University Cambridge, MA, Princeton University Princeton, NJ, Yale University New Haven, CT, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, Stanford University Stanford, CA, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, Columbia University New York, NY, University of Chicago Chicago, IL, Duke University Durham, Dartmouth College Hanover, NH, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, Cornell University Ithaca, NY, Brown University Providence, RI, Emory University Atlanta, GA, Rice University Houston, TX, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN, University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN, University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, Georgetown University Washington, DC, University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
it is likely the best university system in the world. Contrast that with K-12 (lower ed) and I find it hard to complain about what is seemingly a world class higher education model.
Thats odd I'm looking at a big 'ole Activision logo on Lego: Indiana Jones right now.
Actually I think it is the Lego series, those are mega sellers and Activision is miking them to death, just like every other one of their non-Blizzard originated franchises.