I have an idea as to why you would want one, as this is why I want one. When you are mobile you should want to only carry as much as you need and nothing more.
I notice that geek types (even though I am geeky) tend to want to carry a complete army pack with them at all times. To be able to do anything anywhere at the cost of mobility.
There are a few things that give you mobility: form factor, battery life, simplicity.
The iPad has all these. It's not just that it is the thinnest tablet. It just IS thin. That's what matters. Battery life is long enough to be very usable and not afraid to carry it around without a charging cable. That is one of the most freeing things. All my friends that carry around laptops carry around a bag, with charger and stuff. The iPad is just a little book you carry with you. If you have to plug in wherever you go for fear of losing battery, then you are just carrying around a light desktop!
The UI is easy to navigate, simple to use, easy to see. When you are out and about you don't wanna have to even think when using your device. Just get to what you want quickly.
There are no other products that put mobility as the priority. I'm no Apple fanboy,I hate OSX and Apple's desktop offerings. But, I do say, they got their mobile products down on the correct priorities. The iPad, iPhone, iPods, MacBooks. This whole mobile lineup is completely killer.
and that is where the argument against the damages the music and film industries flies over most people's heads causing indifference. The damage is not seen for a very long time. Thinking long term is not a strong suit of people in modern times. Supporting the big content providers has many far reaching effects in the future. As we see now that the whole copyright system is fucked. These industries operate under a legal monopoly, destroying competitiveness and innovation.
But in the now people only see that they must pay bills and entertain themselves by buying music and movies and such products. No one will spend the time to educate themselves on the issues. No one has the time to do so.
Uggghhhhh. This all just frustrates me to no end. Especially because I alone can't do very much.
maybe the fact that you can just turn of the "3D effect" means its not really 3D! When you cant convert 3D display to 2D, thats when 3D is here. Also I agree that its stupid that you cant see a 2D version of a movie if you dont like 3D or if you get sick from it.
also heavy rain. Also the argument is stupid anyway. Art really is the creation of anything with any intent behind it. The artistic value of different creations is subjective, the fact that it is art is not. The idea of video games not being art is essentially anti functional art. A painting has no function aside from being a vessel for the intentions behind the art. A cathedral, aside from being architecturally beautiful also functions as a space to be in to be used by people. A game is a creation that is to be experienced. Now, we can all argue all day about why you think some games are crap vs others but lets not muddy the meaning of the word art.
hmmm, I don't know how I feel about the topic then. My friends have made a game where you write AI for a ship similar to the type from Asteroids. All the programmers write their own AI and pit them against each other. That still feels like human competition you know?
I think what I objected to was like a fantasy AI playing sports. I think the limitations of flesh and blood is what is interesting to me.
woah thats totally sweet! I can see why competition surfing wouldn't allow that though. There was a related link there to a kayak with a couple of those hydrofoils that I thought was cool.
Yes. Man has had dick measuring contests throughout history. It will continue to the future. When humans finally evolve into pure energy beings we will compare our energy space dicks.
seriously! with the homebrew community wanting to make stuff on ps3 atleast give that to the people! monetize it! $99 is the current going rate to get access to such things like xblig or iOS dev.
Sony is just being a Japanese company in that they are sticking to their old ways. Doing business in the old way, sticking their heads in the sand and just not wanting to change with the current generation of customers.
Sony is dumb. On xbox if I want to make some software I can use xbox live indie games as an outlet for that. This effectively separates "homebrew" from piracy.
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or not dumb enough!
Mac users were, on average, more urban, younger and more educated than PC users
If they are more educated they would know how to use their blasted computers! uuugggggghhhhhhhh....
I have an idea as to why you would want one, as this is why I want one. When you are mobile you should want to only carry as much as you need and nothing more.
I notice that geek types (even though I am geeky) tend to want to carry a complete army pack with them at all times. To be able to do anything anywhere at the cost of mobility.
There are a few things that give you mobility: form factor, battery life, simplicity.
The iPad has all these. It's not just that it is the thinnest tablet. It just IS thin. That's what matters. Battery life is long enough to be very usable and not afraid to carry it around without a charging cable. That is one of the most freeing things. All my friends that carry around laptops carry around a bag, with charger and stuff. The iPad is just a little book you carry with you. If you have to plug in wherever you go for fear of losing battery, then you are just carrying around a light desktop!
The UI is easy to navigate, simple to use, easy to see. When you are out and about you don't wanna have to even think when using your device. Just get to what you want quickly.
There are no other products that put mobility as the priority. I'm no Apple fanboy,I hate OSX and Apple's desktop offerings. But, I do say, they got their mobile products down on the correct priorities. The iPad, iPhone, iPods, MacBooks. This whole mobile lineup is completely killer.
ok end rant!
and that is where the argument against the damages the music and film industries flies over most people's heads causing indifference. The damage is not seen for a very long time. Thinking long term is not a strong suit of people in modern times. Supporting the big content providers has many far reaching effects in the future. As we see now that the whole copyright system is fucked. These industries operate under a legal monopoly, destroying competitiveness and innovation. But in the now people only see that they must pay bills and entertain themselves by buying music and movies and such products. No one will spend the time to educate themselves on the issues. No one has the time to do so. Uggghhhhh. This all just frustrates me to no end. Especially because I alone can't do very much.
so, the 3D in movies is like the feeling of missing an eye?!
maybe the fact that you can just turn of the "3D effect" means its not really 3D! When you cant convert 3D display to 2D, thats when 3D is here. Also I agree that its stupid that you cant see a 2D version of a movie if you dont like 3D or if you get sick from it.
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also heavy rain. Also the argument is stupid anyway. Art really is the creation of anything with any intent behind it. The artistic value of different creations is subjective, the fact that it is art is not. The idea of video games not being art is essentially anti functional art. A painting has no function aside from being a vessel for the intentions behind the art. A cathedral, aside from being architecturally beautiful also functions as a space to be in to be used by people. A game is a creation that is to be experienced. Now, we can all argue all day about why you think some games are crap vs others but lets not muddy the meaning of the word art.
hmmm, I don't know how I feel about the topic then. My friends have made a game where you write AI for a ship similar to the type from Asteroids. All the programmers write their own AI and pit them against each other. That still feels like human competition you know? I think what I objected to was like a fantasy AI playing sports. I think the limitations of flesh and blood is what is interesting to me.
yes I have. Those are controlled by humans. So there is still human thought on the field.
I only watch sports because it's great to watch humans push the limits of physical ability! The thought of watching machines is boring.
woah thats totally sweet! I can see why competition surfing wouldn't allow that though. There was a related link there to a kayak with a couple of those hydrofoils that I thought was cool.
Yes. Man has had dick measuring contests throughout history. It will continue to the future. When humans finally evolve into pure energy beings we will compare our energy space dicks.
yo dawg I heard you like gambling, so we put a bet on your bet so you can bet while you bet.
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seriously! with the homebrew community wanting to make stuff on ps3 atleast give that to the people! monetize it! $99 is the current going rate to get access to such things like xblig or iOS dev. Sony is just being a Japanese company in that they are sticking to their old ways. Doing business in the old way, sticking their heads in the sand and just not wanting to change with the current generation of customers.
Sony is dumb. On xbox if I want to make some software I can use xbox live indie games as an outlet for that. This effectively separates "homebrew" from piracy.
But they are missing one KEY tactic. That they make damn sure that everyone with their product thinks they are completely fucking cool.
They have to shout out here that they do not use facebook because they are not on facebook to tell you that they are not on facebook.
Haven't we learned that table-top is better than a computer version via extensive D&D research?
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