By the way, iOS 5 went the Android way by removing the dependency from a computer. You can use an Android phone without any supporting computer because you can buy and install apps directly from the store and use all the Google's cloud services.
You were always able to purchase and install apps on iOS without a computer. The computer was required for initial activation, iOS update and for backup and sync. Considering that Android does not even have single device backup capability with or without a computer you are comparing apples to rotten oranges.
Babies and children are natural born scientists. They are born a blank slate and they learn, through trial and error, to walk, talk, predict and reason about the world around them. Everyone is born a scientist. The real mystery is at what point do people lose their inner scientist and is it squeezed out of them by society?
Every kid repeatedly smashing an object out of curiosity is a miniature particle physicist - putting energy into a system to see what happens.
Yup. Hopefully the symbolism of his death will be of greater importance than his physical death and the U.S. will be able to regain its civil liberties and national character. One can hope, at least.
This claim is a red herring for a serious developer. The upfront cost of the Apple HW required for development is minuscule. It is tiny compared to the hours of work you'll spend developing any app and, more importantly, it's tiny compared to the income you'll generate from your, obviously, block buster apps.
If this is just a hobby and you have no intention or chance in hell of making money, the HW cost is a valid concern. However, your scenario is not important in the real world. It's the professional developers that matter and from that point of view the HW cost is laughably small.
It's not about the flow of money. It's about the flow of ideas. The U.S. system of production (as a whole, not just militarily) is superior because of the free flow of people, ideas and information. The proof is in the U.S. arsenal (as well as doctrine) which has been repeatedly proven to be vastly superior to anything around it over the long haul.
That's pretty much what was said about about the F-15s, F-16s and F-18s when they were developed. That they wouldn't hold a candle to the Soviet MiGs of their day. They went on to dominate the skies for the same reason that the F-22 and F-35 or their replacements will - the American method of developing weapons is better than any authoritarian system.
The study is intriguing and the experiment is commendable. The theory is a bit odd. At the end they detail a theory that presupposes that there is some network in the brain that represents the activity being learned and that it is whittled down from a larger initial chunk of neurons. A simpler mechanism would be that for Hebbian learning to be able to do its magic you need some random neurons firing. Some of the randomly fired neurons will fire at the times corresponding to when they would fire as part of the network (engram) to be formed and so through Hebbian learning they will soon fire together on purpose and not just by chance. Overstimulating the brain increases the number of neurons firing at any given moment and thus increases the number of neurons available to learn the task at hand.
CrashNBrn compared iPod Touch pricing to the Sansa Fuze and Clip. I can only assume you have the presence of mind to not be seriously equating an iPod Touch with those players based on your freedom canard. That would be the equivalent of saying that an 8-bit uC IC development board is better than a TI because you can upgrade it much like a PC, install any program you like, use any standard peripheral, bla, bla, bla, while your TI can't.
Freedom can be important but it is completely irrelevant to the technical capabilities of these devices and their subsequent pricing.
Comparing any of these other devices to an iPod touch is like comparing a pocket calculator with a personal computer. I doubt you complain that PCs are too expensive compared to your TI. Different beasts for different objectives with different price points. Here's a little secret. The iPod touch is not an mp3 player, it's really a mobile computer that happens to have a built-in music app. If all you want is an mp3 player with the best quality these mp3 players might be the best choice. If you want a mobile computer, you've only listed the iPod touch...
And yet every launch is announced publicly months in advance and up close photos of it are published at every launch and landing. This is in stark contrast to Area 51 type secret projects where even the base's existence had been officially denied. It's a different kind of "secret" project where for some reason the defense establishment is going out of its way to publicize the project's existence while keeping its intent secret.
There could be various reasons. Perhaps the publicity is designed to thwart a cancellation of the project by congress. I assume secret programs are easier to axe as there are no adverse public relations repercussions. Perhaps the publicity is a method of measuring one of the program's goals. To see if the the orbiter can tracked by dedicated people and nations who know everything about launch time, launch location and initial orbit but know nothing of the flight plan. A bit far fetched and a bit counterproductive as it would immediately publicize the capability but who knows.
Something that tech enthusiasts on Slashdot fail to consider is that most computer users don't create anything on their computers. Most computers users consume on their computers and of those that create, the vast majority do so in a small fraction of their time and in the confines of an office suite (Word, etc.), e-mail or a web browser.
For the personal user tablets vastly simplify the consumer user experience and a keyboard accessory addresses the creative needs of those who need to whip up the occasional document.
In the corporate world, restricted and easy to use tablets with an office suite, e-mail and web browser are ideal machines for all the usual reasons: manageability, security, training, ease of use, etc.
I think this event, as well as many others, have shown these are distinctly not "incredibly robust machines". And all your certification, regulation and record keeping doesn't change the fact that if a "gamer" on the casino floor demands a refund because the machine malfunctioned he will be initially laughed at, then forcefully ejected from the premises and possibly arrested. Malfunctions are the casino industry's "pre-existing condition"- always at the ready to weasel out of an inconvenient expense.
How do you prove money was taken from you as a result of a malfunction? You can't. That notice is weaselese for "We won't pay out if we don't feel like".
I don't understand why the iPod ever got to the top.
You would serve yourself better by trying to understand why this is rather than chanting your mantra of ignorance. Your mantra won't change the iPod's success. The iPod's success may teach you what you have yet to grasp.
While I generally agree and use a similar system. I think you got the priority of 4 and 5 mixed up. I value my financial information much more than I value my SSH connections to Just Another Machine.
Android does not have the brand recognition or mindshare that Apple's iPhone and iPod brand has. Android has had an easy time in the U.S. because AT&T is the only iPhone carrier in the U.S. In effect, the Android/iPhone competition has been hampered by the carrier divide. Once the iPhone hits Verizon (and maybe other carriers) iPhone & Android will truly compete head to head. Given the iPhone/iPod's brand recognition and this interesting analysis of Android performance in the Verizon world, it could get very ugly for Android very quickly.
Android may become the new Windows or it may become than next Symbian.
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By the way, iOS 5 went the Android way by removing the dependency from a computer. You can use an Android phone without any supporting computer because you can buy and install apps directly from the store and use all the Google's cloud services.
You were always able to purchase and install apps on iOS without a computer. The computer was required for initial activation, iOS update and for backup and sync. Considering that Android does not even have single device backup capability with or without a computer you are comparing apples to rotten oranges.
Babies and children are natural born scientists. They are born a blank slate and they learn, through trial and error, to walk, talk, predict and reason about the world around them. Everyone is born a scientist. The real mystery is at what point do people lose their inner scientist and is it squeezed out of them by society?
Every kid repeatedly smashing an object out of curiosity is a miniature particle physicist - putting energy into a system to see what happens.
Considering it looks and feels a lot like BSD at its core and it is free for Apple, probably not as low as you think.
Probably something like this happened (NSFW): http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-sex/asses-of-the-caribbean
The donkeys don't seem to mind it a bit.
Yup. Hopefully the symbolism of his death will be of greater importance than his physical death and the U.S. will be able to regain its civil liberties and national character. One can hope, at least.
This claim is a red herring for a serious developer. The upfront cost of the Apple HW required for development is minuscule. It is tiny compared to the hours of work you'll spend developing any app and, more importantly, it's tiny compared to the income you'll generate from your, obviously, block buster apps.
If this is just a hobby and you have no intention or chance in hell of making money, the HW cost is a valid concern. However, your scenario is not important in the real world. It's the professional developers that matter and from that point of view the HW cost is laughably small.
It's not about the flow of money. It's about the flow of ideas. The U.S. system of production (as a whole, not just militarily) is superior because of the free flow of people, ideas and information. The proof is in the U.S. arsenal (as well as doctrine) which has been repeatedly proven to be vastly superior to anything around it over the long haul.
That's pretty much what was said about about the F-15s, F-16s and F-18s when they were developed. That they wouldn't hold a candle to the Soviet MiGs of their day. They went on to dominate the skies for the same reason that the F-22 and F-35 or their replacements will - the American method of developing weapons is better than any authoritarian system.
The study is intriguing and the experiment is commendable.
The theory is a bit odd. At the end they detail a theory that presupposes that there is some network in the brain that represents the activity being learned and that it is whittled down from a larger initial chunk of neurons.
A simpler mechanism would be that for Hebbian learning to be able to do its magic you need some random neurons firing. Some of the randomly fired neurons will fire at the times corresponding to when they would fire as part of the network (engram) to be formed and so through Hebbian learning they will soon fire together on purpose and not just by chance.
Overstimulating the brain increases the number of neurons firing at any given moment and thus increases the number of neurons available to learn the task at hand.
Yet, ROC proves that Chinese society can change.
CrashNBrn compared iPod Touch pricing to the Sansa Fuze and Clip. I can only assume you have the presence of mind to not be seriously equating an iPod Touch with those players based on your freedom canard. That would be the equivalent of saying that an 8-bit uC IC development board is better than a TI because you can upgrade it much like a PC, install any program you like, use any standard peripheral, bla, bla, bla, while your TI can't.
Freedom can be important but it is completely irrelevant to the technical capabilities of these devices and their subsequent pricing.
Comparing any of these other devices to an iPod touch is like comparing a pocket calculator with a personal computer. I doubt you complain that PCs are too expensive compared to your TI. Different beasts for different objectives with different price points.
Here's a little secret. The iPod touch is not an mp3 player, it's really a mobile computer that happens to have a built-in music app.
If all you want is an mp3 player with the best quality these mp3 players might be the best choice. If you want a mobile computer, you've only listed the iPod touch...
And yet every launch is announced publicly months in advance and up close photos of it are published at every launch and landing. This is in stark contrast to Area 51 type secret projects where even the base's existence had been officially denied.
It's a different kind of "secret" project where for some reason the defense establishment is going out of its way to publicize the project's existence while keeping its intent secret.
There could be various reasons. Perhaps the publicity is designed to thwart a cancellation of the project by congress. I assume secret programs are easier to axe as there are no adverse public relations repercussions.
Perhaps the publicity is a method of measuring one of the program's goals. To see if the the orbiter can tracked by dedicated people and nations who know everything about launch time, launch location and initial orbit but know nothing of the flight plan. A bit far fetched and a bit counterproductive as it would immediately publicize the capability but who knows.
It's not your typical secret project.
The Adam has been shipping in extremely limited quantities. Inconsequential quantities. Show me where I can buy one.
The Xoom we shall see.
No you can't. With the exception of the Nook none are shipping while rooted Nook Color is not a mass market product - that's a geek toy.
Something that tech enthusiasts on Slashdot fail to consider is that most computer users don't create anything on their computers. Most computers users consume on their computers and of those that create, the vast majority do so in a small fraction of their time and in the confines of an office suite (Word, etc.), e-mail or a web browser.
For the personal user tablets vastly simplify the consumer user experience and a keyboard accessory addresses the creative needs of those who need to whip up the occasional document.
In the corporate world, restricted and easy to use tablets with an office suite, e-mail and web browser are ideal machines for all the usual reasons: manageability, security, training, ease of use, etc.
Even GOOG or AAPL are better choices than a CD. Volatility be damned.
I think this event, as well as many others, have shown these are distinctly not "incredibly robust machines".
And all your certification, regulation and record keeping doesn't change the fact that if a "gamer" on the casino floor demands a refund because the machine malfunctioned he will be initially laughed at, then forcefully ejected from the premises and possibly arrested.
Malfunctions are the casino industry's "pre-existing condition"- always at the ready to weasel out of an inconvenient expense.
How do you prove money was taken from you as a result of a malfunction?
You can't. That notice is weaselese for "We won't pay out if we don't feel like".
The key sentence in your blurb:
I recently setup an iphone for my gf
What your GF chooses is probably more representative than the average /. user or his comments here.
I don't understand why the iPod ever got to the top.
You would serve yourself better by trying to understand why this is rather than chanting your mantra of ignorance. Your mantra won't change the iPod's success. The iPod's success may teach you what you have yet to grasp.
While I generally agree and use a similar system. I think you got the priority of 4 and 5 mixed up. I value my financial information much more than I value my SSH connections to Just Another Machine.
Perhaps I was being too subtle. Let me rephrase:
Android's chief resemblance to Windows is the poor architecture. The Android SDK is the Win32 of the mobile world.
As you noted, they have nothing in common. Except poor design.
Android's chief resemblance to Windows is the architecture. The Android SDK is the Win32 of the mobile world.
Android does not have the brand recognition or mindshare that Apple's iPhone and iPod brand has. Android has had an easy time in the U.S. because AT&T is the only iPhone carrier in the U.S. In effect, the Android/iPhone competition has been hampered by the carrier divide. Once the iPhone hits Verizon (and maybe other carriers) iPhone & Android will truly compete head to head. Given the iPhone/iPod's brand recognition and this interesting analysis of Android performance in the Verizon world, it could get very ugly for Android very quickly.
Android may become the new Windows or it may become than next Symbian.