I'm with you. The genuine tablet market is very small. Apple's apparent success with the ipad is based very much on their previous record of bringing out "the next big thing" but has a very weak foundation. It's basically a fashion item.
As for actual usage cases, I agree with the older, unskilled person who is not likely to be generating any content. I would also include business uses which require mobility and where a keyboard would be inconvenient. I have to disagree with the commuter train example. My Android smartphone is ideal for such a situation. Small, light and trivial to put away when needed. A tablet would be heavy and bulky and unwieldy.
Ipad supporters feel free to disagree with me if you want but arguments are pretty pointless. This is one where time will tell.
Not true. I release an app before it was ready (because at the time, it would have been useful in its half-ready state) and I got some very bad ratings. Enough that it slowed uptake once the solid, full function version was out there (No problem for me since I wrote it for myself and it was free). People aren't afraid to slam stuff they don't like.
Perhaps a community website (or sites) where game writers can request assets and artists can submit (either in response to these requests or off their own bat) where using these assets requires prominent crediting so that the artist can build a name. You might even see some corporate involvement (Coke submitting characters wearing Coke branded clothing and the like). Possibly the development of some open-source skeletal models would need to come first (so artists would have something to develop skins around) for rendered games but sprites could be done with few prerequisites.
Nonsense. The reason it's being cut is there's less money around to pay for stuff and it's easier to cut spending on satellites than over-funded "think of the children" schools and other stuff that money is wasted on but is considered untouchable.
So when the supreme court changes its stance compared to what it held previously?
Constitutionality is not determined by the supreme court, merely how the government is going to treat things (not even then sometimes). Check out "Appeal to authority" as a logical fallacy.
I think it's time for a hybrid next-generation command line/gui system. There's a little crossover already with x-term windows, mouse actions in terminals, "screen" and a few other things but a comprehensive top-down approach might yield real dividends.
Reasonable grouping but I think it needs one for "independently wealthy, does not need to work to sustain their lifestyle". That may count as your number 4 but I think you were aiming for a bit richer than that.
The CL spammers are about as bad, discussing how to scam authorization codes out of regular people now that CL has tightened things up to one account per phone #. (Though some of that tightening is annoying for people trying to do legit business)
Not to disagree with your overall point but 25 years ago, we weren't getting some of the outright trash and junk that's being sold now. Then, bottom of the barrel stuff was still pretty much OK on average but the bar has been lowered significantly since. What you would once have had to go to a dodgy market stall to find is now available through regular retail stores. Sometimes not even all that cheaply.
If openid were adopted more widely, you'd only need the one keyfob (or not at all depending on your provider)
Though as it looks like facebook is likely to fill the niche that openid was intended for if things continue as they are, if facebook did this, that may be sufficient.
Google should match every dollar in the settlement with a dollar towards getting these anti-competitive laws repealed.
Scratch that, that just rewards the incumbent scumbags. Google should put the money into backing pro-freedom candidates. Though given Google's political leanings, that's not going to happen.
Slashdot Mirror
but no one is trying to claim that
Incorrect, FWIW.
Poor use of language. He (if true), would support the right of the states to make those laws, not necessarily the laws themselves.
What difference does it make what Amazon are paying for the parts? It's either a good price for you or it's not.
I'm with you. The genuine tablet market is very small. Apple's apparent success with the ipad is based very much on their previous record of bringing out "the next big thing" but has a very weak foundation. It's basically a fashion item.
As for actual usage cases, I agree with the older, unskilled person who is not likely to be generating any content. I would also include business uses which require mobility and where a keyboard would be inconvenient. I have to disagree with the commuter train example. My Android smartphone is ideal for such a situation. Small, light and trivial to put away when needed. A tablet would be heavy and bulky and unwieldy.
Ipad supporters feel free to disagree with me if you want but arguments are pretty pointless. This is one where time will tell.
Since it's a part of the operating system and can't be removed, perhaps "Perfect attendance"?
You're quite, quite wrong.
Yeah, but Samsung has no problems leaving you walking around with a poop covered ass for the better part of a year.
Not true. I release an app before it was ready (because at the time, it would have been useful in its half-ready state) and I got some very bad ratings. Enough that it slowed uptake once the solid, full function version was out there (No problem for me since I wrote it for myself and it was free). People aren't afraid to slam stuff they don't like.
Perhaps a community website (or sites) where game writers can request assets and artists can submit (either in response to these requests or off their own bat) where using these assets requires prominent crediting so that the artist can build a name. You might even see some corporate involvement (Coke submitting characters wearing Coke branded clothing and the like). Possibly the development of some open-source skeletal models would need to come first (so artists would have something to develop skins around) for rendered games but sprites could be done with few prerequisites.
sharkdot.org?
Nonsense. The reason it's being cut is there's less money around to pay for stuff and it's easier to cut spending on satellites than over-funded "think of the children" schools and other stuff that money is wasted on but is considered untouchable.
So when the supreme court changes its stance compared to what it held previously?
Constitutionality is not determined by the supreme court, merely how the government is going to treat things (not even then sometimes). Check out "Appeal to authority" as a logical fallacy.
I thought the happy meal was a loss-leader to get the kids hooked.
So, hear that, apartment dwellers. Install a hydroponics system in your bathroom now because going to the store is unsustainable.
I think it's time for a hybrid next-generation command line/gui system. There's a little crossover already with x-term windows, mouse actions in terminals, "screen" and a few other things but a comprehensive top-down approach might yield real dividends.
Reasonable grouping but I think it needs one for "independently wealthy, does not need to work to sustain their lifestyle". That may count as your number 4 but I think you were aiming for a bit richer than that.
The CL spammers are about as bad, discussing how to scam authorization codes out of regular people now that CL has tightened things up to one account per phone #. (Though some of that tightening is annoying for people trying to do legit business)
Not to disagree with your overall point but 25 years ago, we weren't getting some of the outright trash and junk that's being sold now. Then, bottom of the barrel stuff was still pretty much OK on average but the bar has been lowered significantly since. What you would once have had to go to a dodgy market stall to find is now available through regular retail stores. Sometimes not even all that cheaply.
I believe you can get a special green marker and draw your own.
You have been killed by a DEVGRU?
The incompetent ones? Those are the ones I seem to get.
If openid were adopted more widely, you'd only need the one keyfob (or not at all depending on your provider)
Though as it looks like facebook is likely to fill the niche that openid was intended for if things continue as they are, if facebook did this, that may be sufficient.
Google should match every dollar in the settlement with a dollar towards getting these anti-competitive laws repealed.
Scratch that, that just rewards the incumbent scumbags. Google should put the money into backing pro-freedom candidates. Though given Google's political leanings, that's not going to happen.
The user should notice no delay or lag anywhere, performing any task. This goes not only for bandwidth but operating systems and applications.
Obviously there are physical limitations and ultimately, there are compromises to be made but the above should be a design goal always.
Does it uninstall cleanly?