Care to tell us which city this was? I'm not surprised this isn't something that is visible on the public's radar given the celibrity spam^Wnews that we are innundated with. but I'm really curious now.
He said he’s met his opponent once so far and she “seemed like a nice lady.”
He should disavow his ad in more clear terms than just not taking credit for it.
Also another reason SuperPACs are the bane of our society - they keep all the connections neatly hidden so proper attribution/consequences for atrocious attack ads or or paid puff-pieces can never be worked out and corporate owners can basically buy elections for their favored rubber-stamper.
... subtle satire is indistinguishable real world politics.
There is actually a law similar to this [1], and the modern GOP is comprised of a good chunk of various extremists (authoritarian, fundamentalist, libertarian) and their corporate enablers.
So for your co-workers, what they're doing while they're standing in the queue deciding on what they should eat, is having an introspective therapy session. They're trying to find out what their current hormones tell them they 'feel' like eating, and are hoping that something on the menu matches their 'feelings'. That's why it takes so long.
Perhaps it's because your body can actually communicate not only that you need food, but what kind of food you need. Ever ate something and then regretted it because it made you feel oily, irritable or gave you carb burn? Perhaps you don't have this issue, or haven't listened to your body enough to decypher these messages. Until I went on various diets (some of my own formulation, some like South Beach which had specific rules), I didn't get a good understanding of what my body was saying when I ate. A home cooked stew makes me feel a hell of a lot better on average than say, a trip to Chipotle.
Lots of people (mostly women) take this kind of introspection seriously. I wouldn't spend more than a couple of minutes on it, but I can understand folks who can, or decide to forego food altogether for that meal/timeslot. For folks like Jobs, perhaps those couple of minutes were too valuable to not go with a pre-chosen well-researched default. Also understandable.
I am confused by your statement "I don't understand austerity". From my viewpoint, it is simple: pay for the programs you implement, don't leave it to your grandkids to pay for. In my country, we have Social Security. I like Social Security, it is a good idea. yet we ahve this notion that seniors have paid for their benefits. The reality is that the current generation of recipients paid between 50-70 cents on the dollar for the benefit they are receiving. My generation will likely be in the 70-75 percent range. At some point, someone has to pay for the shortfall, and it will likely be my kids and grandkids. That is a horrible sign of selfishness and immaturity.
I assume you live in the USA. One way to permanently fund Social Security [1] would be to remove the limits on the tax (which is currently limited to an arbitrary $106k) so millionaires (who do receive SS benefits when they retire) have to pay the same overall % of income as middle-class and the poor.
This is but one of the more well known ways to fix shortfalls in government without having "our kids and grandkids pay". Perhaps we should remove corporate loopholes that allow companies to essentially pay no tax? The fact is, many corporations [2] and wealthy people [3] have lower tax rates than folks who are scraping to get by. I pay a significantly higher rate than Romney.
Isn't it better to be "best with the news"? ie, not just report the facts, but provide background material and insightful commentary that helps the reader frame the facts and relate them to other facts that need to be relevant?
Or is it just that the speculators and stock chasers need to hurry and sell/buy/call/put the relevant stocks as fast as possible?
I prefer the commentary on Slashdot (and many other forums) more than the news reportage itself - many individual biases combined usually evens out to a relatively unbiased view.
With Microsoft building Surface, it was inevitable they would branch into building other hardware too.
Microsoft's mobile future is too important to Microsoft to leave it entirely to third parities.
It'll be interesting to see how Microsoft manages to make this balance work, although Google seems to be doing fine so far with Nexus devices vs. what everyone else sells. In that regards there's not much third parties can do, since both Google and Microsoft compete against them it's a wash.
If I am a handset manufacturer, now the only game in town is Google's Android, since the Microsoft is considering moving into hardware on this front.
Has Microsoft realized that they just can't manage Phone manufacturers [1] ? Microsoft has repeatedly backstabbed it's "partners" to it's own detriment later on. Is there anyone laying down the law in Redmond? - seems like Lord of the Flies when it comes to internal discipline and ability to execute as a group.
Apple touchpads are significantly better than the competition. And the difference isn't just "drivers", it's the OS and the hardware combined. For whatever reason, Apple's secret sauce when it comes to this kind of responsiveness, palm rejection and silky glass feel is unmatched. I've always been a fan of the "nipple" trackpoint, but once I started using my Unibody Macbook in '08, I have literally never been able to find anything from a different vendor that's comparable.
Why, when a MB Air is not even the most expensive kit in the "ultrabook" market, would anyone go for anything else? These days you can virtualize apps pretty easily - The only Windows software I rely on - Outlook 2007 on my Macbook using crossover and it works fine. For everything else, Virtualbox or VMWare does the trick (including ubuntu server appliances for my non-work projects).
...I wants it. A phone like that could be my "laptop", and I'd continue to use my workstation at home for gaming and other big-time number crunching computery stuff. This new processor (and Medfield) are get ever closer to that. I bet (erm, hope) I will be able to buy one by this time next year.
So you're saying that Microsoft and Intel will create a device that lets you stop paying for laptop and corresponding OS and Office upgrades just so you can buy a phone with likely less margin than an iPhone?
This is fantasy. Do not expect these companies to disrupt their own markets - it's not in their DNA and it's not in their best interest. Expect this phone to NOT be able to do nearly everything your laptop could do, even if it has the power to do so (Apple has gotten quite good margins from their "can't really do what a laptop can" iPad - MSFT and Intel just want in on the action).
Dude then you need to fire up taskmanager and see what is causing the hang, because my E350 is like a joke compared to your i7 and it does flip just fine. Maybe your GPU drivers are sucking?
Maybe you missed the part where I mentioned this was my business-class laptop, it's given to me by work and though I can mess with the drivers it's... highly not recommended.
I can understand having to do this in Linux, but why in the world is this a problem in the Windows world? This is a 2011 laptop built for Win7. Why TF does this not work out of the box?
Perhaps it's just my expectations that Aero performance on an i7 machine with NVidia Quadro-1000M graphics should be *at least* equivalent to a Macbook Pro C2D with NVidia 320M graphics? Shouldn't Aero flip be at least equivalent in performace to say, Expose or Launchpad?
If you are a multitasker Aero rocks man, try Aero flip
Sorry, I just can't stand the Aero flip thing - it crawls on my 2011 business-class i7 thinkpad. Worst part is that I accidentally hit it occasionally when I alt+tab (which is basic, but works fast). Same with Aero peek - it literally takes 2 seconds to effect, and it is quite jarring in it's usage. Only way to remove it painlessly was to disable Aero - which I've happily done for all my Win7 machines (yay, still keeps Aero snap which is the best feature in Win7 IMHO).
At least when Apple introduced stuff like 10.7's Launchpad, it works relatively quickly on recent hardware.
There's no start button - instead you must mouse down to pixel 0,0 where there's nothing to indicate "hey - start button here" and when you do discover it, its like being given a camaro, only to discover that the V-8 has been pulled out and rigged with a 4 cylinder. There's also another hidden bar for "charms." Why all the hiding?
The first time you log in to you user account, you are given a short graphical tutorial which explains "Move your mouse into any corner" and shows what happens when you do this to the top right (the start button and other charms appear). If you follow this advice and move your mouse into any corner you will find among other things: two start buttons, a search menu, a settings menu, a start button, and an application switcher.
This becomes a real fun on a VM or RDP client that doesn't comprise the entire server window. Like fun as in walking over glass shards kind of fun.
OK, a lot of this came about due to HIPPA, the Health Information Portability and Privacy Act.
Actually, it's HIPAA, the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act. I'm kind of amazed you got it mostly right without referring to Wikipedia [1].
That's what managers do - follow many changing items superficially and look at some of them in detail. A management version might have feeds for shipments which missed their ship date, incoming orders, customer complaints, personnel absences, due dates for major supplier shipments, and other items of interest. Different users would be watching different things, some info would be available only to some users, and users would set what they wanted to see. If you've ever used a Bloomberg terminal, it's a lot like that, but with worse graphics.
Facebook has a reasonable platform for that sort of thing.
Any decent CRM or ERP system has dashboards that are more efficient for this sort of thing - hell, even JIRA has them, and you can create your own or even share it. This sort of behavior is not new - back in 2005, I worked at a major BI company and many managers even had their own mini datamart for not only current status reports/dashboards but (with their datamarts) trending within those data feeds.
There is no reason the "Facebook interface" is any better than what's out there in many enterprise appications (some of which are open-source). Google "JIRA dashboard" or "CRM dashboard" for a slew of examples which are better than Facebook for managers.
Looks like most people don't understand the comment, or understand just how important collaboration is. I'm sure you understand how important it is that everyone on your team works in the same direction. That requires collaboration. What he's saying is that collaboration that is restricted just to the immediate people on your local team is not enough, and often you need more input from people only tangentially related to your project.
There is a very strong counterpoint to your analysis of Benioff's argument. And that is *focus* is what gets projects/deals done on time. Increasing the circle of concern past what is absolutely necessary for a given venture necessarily creates all sorts of problems like groupthink, design by committee, and analysis paralysis... and that's just for starters. Check out the anti-pattern wiki for a list of things that over-communication can often be the root cause [1].
SFDC is a very successful venture, sure. But look at another very successful venture which is now the largest capitalized company of all time (and still growing) - Apple. The success mantra from Apple for the past decade has been *focus*. If you have sales or project teams who are effectively crowd-sourcing their design/review/approval process, then how can you expect anyone to get anything done? How do you prevent pervasive anti-patterns from cropping up?
Is turn-by-turn navigation that important in a handheld device? That's more of a feature for a car-mounted device. You shouldn't be looking at a smartphone while driving, anyway.
Turn by turn navigation on iOS6 leverages Siri, so you can ask it to navigate you back home without you touching the phone (if you have a handsfree BT you just push the call button on your wheel/headset and you're talking to Siri).
There is a reason the Siri team is relatively huge at Apple - it's going to go into all of the new features. For example, you can now launch apps directly from Siri without touching the phone - great for things like weather apps or say, Skype.
This may simply be evidence that the Win 8 tablet platform is intended for the business audience.
Perhaps. However, one would assume that a business audience would like a deeper Exchange and Active Directory integration, and apparently these devices do not offer that (at least from the beta).
I would be amazed if Microsoft could achieve an Apple-level of secrecy on such an important and desired feature... especially consider their business audience prefer to plan for purchases.
Now there is a prediction never made on Slashdot before. Why don't you go all the way out on the limb and declare next year to be "The Year Of Linux on Desktops"?
No, but has been the "decade of unix (now predominantly linux) based mobile devices" so far. Microsoft has been losing on this front, since, well, forever, but the success of the iPhone and Android cemented that fate.
from something like 1200x800 to 1920x1200, which is quite a significant difference for watching videos and reading. Funnily enough, my old tablet still feels nicer to use because my new one doesn't have Jelly Bean and its "Project Butter" yet. Despite the hardware being faster, the UI actually feels less responsive!
That's about a 2.5x jump in pixel count - so unless the new tablet has a graphics core that's at least 2.5x faster, you're going to need to expect possible slowdown.
I have a friend who dropped her iPhone off the kitchen counter and that impact shattered the glass. She's done this twice, once with an iPhone 4 and once with an iPhone 4S. I think I'll take my chances with a better-constructed device.
Jeebus, what does she have on the kitchen floor - Concrete or Marble? I've dropped my naked 4S on linoleum, hardwood and ceramic tile from about hand or counter height and it did fine (some scuffage, but nothing eye-popping).
If citizens have rights when acting individually, why should those rights disappear when they act collectively?
Because there is no analog for, say, the death penalty.
Ultimately, a corporation is a legal entity used to streamline taxes, and provide an equitable means of shared ownership for larger than a handful of people. It is not a person, as it doesn't shit, fuck, eat or (most importantly) die.
Having things that are given the rights without any of the downsides is a sure way to put an exploit into the workings of our economy and government. I could easily relate half the things wrong in our country with our over-corporatized, limited liability behemoths who (aside from that pesky regulation) pretty much steamroll over the citizenry (the other half are due to side-effects of basic human nature) and pay their costs - someone in the organization having been tasked with the cost/benefit and realizing the benefits of steamrolling the public outweigh the costs.
The choice is simple: If you expect to ever seek VC funding or have an IPO then form a Delaware C Corp. Otherwise form an S Corp in the state where you reside and/or do the majority of your business.
Also bad advice - here are some landmines you might run over if you incorporate too early [1]. Basically, you should talk to an accountant and attorney to see if it's right for your specific situation, and then keep those folks on the payroll to handle the paperwork and avoid problems specific to maintaining such an entity.
3GS, iPad1 and iPad mini should not be on the list
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Why are the 3GS (a 3 year old design), iPad1 (2.5 years old) and iPad mini (rumored device at this moment) on the list? Why aren't things like hardware acceleration, smooth scrolling and other basic features that didn't exist for Android as of a few months ago on the features list? Hell, why isn't front/back camera on that list - no complaints that the iPod touch even have an external speaker until v2?
As it stands there are basically three screen ratios (3:2, 4:3 and now 16:9), 3 device categories (phone/ipod/tablet). A whole lot less variety and scattered than Android where this kind of list would require a large spreadsheet to make sense of.
This list is a bit of a stretch. The phones that are currently being sold (4, 4S, 5) have very similar capabilities to each other, as do the tablets.
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I actually saw this happen in a nearby city.
Care to tell us which city this was? I'm not surprised this isn't something that is visible on the public's radar given the celibrity spam^Wnews that we are innundated with. but I'm really curious now.
If Apple had the better product, they wouldn't be hemorrhaging market share,
You clearly must feel Microsoft has the best software in the industry for the past 15 years running, right?
He said he’s met his opponent once so far and she “seemed like a nice lady.”
He should disavow his ad in more clear terms than just not taking credit for it.
Also another reason SuperPACs are the bane of our society - they keep all the connections neatly hidden so proper attribution/consequences for atrocious attack ads or or paid puff-pieces can never be worked out and corporate owners can basically buy elections for their favored rubber-stamper.
... subtle satire is indistinguishable real world politics.
There is actually a law similar to this [1], and the modern GOP is comprised of a good chunk of various extremists (authoritarian, fundamentalist, libertarian) and their corporate enablers.
[1] http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poe's_Law
So for your co-workers, what they're doing while they're standing in the queue deciding on what they should eat, is having an introspective therapy session. They're trying to find out what their current hormones tell them they 'feel' like eating, and are hoping that something on the menu matches their 'feelings'. That's why it takes so long.
Perhaps it's because your body can actually communicate not only that you need food, but what kind of food you need. Ever ate something and then regretted it because it made you feel oily, irritable or gave you carb burn? Perhaps you don't have this issue, or haven't listened to your body enough to decypher these messages. Until I went on various diets (some of my own formulation, some like South Beach which had specific rules), I didn't get a good understanding of what my body was saying when I ate. A home cooked stew makes me feel a hell of a lot better on average than say, a trip to Chipotle.
Lots of people (mostly women) take this kind of introspection seriously. I wouldn't spend more than a couple of minutes on it, but I can understand folks who can, or decide to forego food altogether for that meal/timeslot. For folks like Jobs, perhaps those couple of minutes were too valuable to not go with a pre-chosen well-researched default. Also understandable.
I am confused by your statement "I don't understand austerity". From my viewpoint, it is simple: pay for the programs you implement, don't leave it to your grandkids to pay for. In my country, we have Social Security. I like Social Security, it is a good idea. yet we ahve this notion that seniors have paid for their benefits. The reality is that the current generation of recipients paid between 50-70 cents on the dollar for the benefit they are receiving. My generation will likely be in the 70-75 percent range. At some point, someone has to pay for the shortfall, and it will likely be my kids and grandkids. That is a horrible sign of selfishness and immaturity.
I assume you live in the USA. One way to permanently fund Social Security [1] would be to remove the limits on the tax (which is currently limited to an arbitrary $106k) so millionaires (who do receive SS benefits when they retire) have to pay the same overall % of income as middle-class and the poor.
This is but one of the more well known ways to fix shortfalls in government without having "our kids and grandkids pay". Perhaps we should remove corporate loopholes that allow companies to essentially pay no tax? The fact is, many corporations [2] and wealthy people [3] have lower tax rates than folks who are scraping to get by. I pay a significantly higher rate than Romney.
[1] http://www.epi.org/publication/webfeatures_snapshots_20050217/
[2] http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/ad-lib/2011/apr/10/tax-evaders-wall-shame/
[3] http://money.cnn.com/2012/09/21/pf/taxes/romney-tax-return/index.html
Slashdot wasn't exactly first with this news.
Isn't it better to be "best with the news"? ie, not just report the facts, but provide background material and insightful commentary that helps the reader frame the facts and relate them to other facts that need to be relevant?
Or is it just that the speculators and stock chasers need to hurry and sell/buy/call/put the relevant stocks as fast as possible?
I prefer the commentary on Slashdot (and many other forums) more than the news reportage itself - many individual biases combined usually evens out to a relatively unbiased view.
With Microsoft building Surface, it was inevitable they would branch into building other hardware too.
Microsoft's mobile future is too important to Microsoft to leave it entirely to third parities.
It'll be interesting to see how Microsoft manages to make this balance work, although Google seems to be doing fine so far with Nexus devices vs. what everyone else sells. In that regards there's not much third parties can do, since both Google and Microsoft compete against them it's a wash.
If I am a handset manufacturer, now the only game in town is Google's Android, since the Microsoft is considering moving into hardware on this front.
Has Microsoft realized that they just can't manage Phone manufacturers [1] ? Microsoft has repeatedly backstabbed it's "partners" to it's own detriment later on. Is there anyone laying down the law in Redmond? - seems like Lord of the Flies when it comes to internal discipline and ability to execute as a group.
[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/01/06/microsofts_masterplan_to_screw_phone/
Apple touchpads are significantly better than the competition. And the difference isn't just "drivers", it's the OS and the hardware combined. For whatever reason, Apple's secret sauce when it comes to this kind of responsiveness, palm rejection and silky glass feel is unmatched. I've always been a fan of the "nipple" trackpoint, but once I started using my Unibody Macbook in '08, I have literally never been able to find anything from a different vendor that's comparable.
Why, when a MB Air is not even the most expensive kit in the "ultrabook" market, would anyone go for anything else? These days you can virtualize apps pretty easily - The only Windows software I rely on - Outlook 2007 on my Macbook using crossover and it works fine. For everything else, Virtualbox or VMWare does the trick (including ubuntu server appliances for my non-work projects).
...I wants it. A phone like that could be my "laptop", and I'd continue to use my workstation at home for gaming and other big-time number crunching computery stuff. This new processor (and Medfield) are get ever closer to that. I bet (erm, hope) I will be able to buy one by this time next year.
So you're saying that Microsoft and Intel will create a device that lets you stop paying for laptop and corresponding OS and Office upgrades just so you can buy a phone with likely less margin than an iPhone?
This is fantasy. Do not expect these companies to disrupt their own markets - it's not in their DNA and it's not in their best interest. Expect this phone to NOT be able to do nearly everything your laptop could do, even if it has the power to do so (Apple has gotten quite good margins from their "can't really do what a laptop can" iPad - MSFT and Intel just want in on the action).
Dude then you need to fire up taskmanager and see what is causing the hang, because my E350 is like a joke compared to your i7 and it does flip just fine. Maybe your GPU drivers are sucking?
Maybe you missed the part where I mentioned this was my business-class laptop, it's given to me by work and though I can mess with the drivers it's ... highly not recommended.
I can understand having to do this in Linux, but why in the world is this a problem in the Windows world? This is a 2011 laptop built for Win7. Why TF does this not work out of the box?
Perhaps it's just my expectations that Aero performance on an i7 machine with NVidia Quadro-1000M graphics should be *at least* equivalent to a Macbook Pro C2D with NVidia 320M graphics? Shouldn't Aero flip be at least equivalent in performace to say, Expose or Launchpad?
If you are a multitasker Aero rocks man, try Aero flip
Sorry, I just can't stand the Aero flip thing - it crawls on my 2011 business-class i7 thinkpad. Worst part is that I accidentally hit it occasionally when I alt+tab (which is basic, but works fast). Same with Aero peek - it literally takes 2 seconds to effect, and it is quite jarring in it's usage. Only way to remove it painlessly was to disable Aero - which I've happily done for all my Win7 machines (yay, still keeps Aero snap which is the best feature in Win7 IMHO).
At least when Apple introduced stuff like 10.7's Launchpad, it works relatively quickly on recent hardware.
There's no start button - instead you must mouse down to pixel 0,0 where there's nothing to indicate "hey - start button here" and when you do discover it, its like being given a camaro, only to discover that the V-8 has been pulled out and rigged with a 4 cylinder. There's also another hidden bar for "charms." Why all the hiding?
The first time you log in to you user account, you are given a short graphical tutorial which explains "Move your mouse into any corner" and shows what happens when you do this to the top right (the start button and other charms appear). If you follow this advice and move your mouse into any corner you will find among other things: two start buttons, a search menu, a settings menu, a start button, and an application switcher.
This becomes a real fun on a VM or RDP client that doesn't comprise the entire server window. Like fun as in walking over glass shards kind of fun.
I think that Windows 98, 98SE, 2000 (not ME), and 7 were pretty solid at release... Other releases, maybe not so much.
You're kidding about Win98 1st edition, right? You might have a point if you replaced it with Win95 OSR2 and/or WinNT 3.5.1
OK, a lot of this came about due to HIPPA, the Health Information Portability and Privacy Act.
Actually, it's HIPAA, the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act. I'm kind of amazed you got it mostly right without referring to Wikipedia [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act
That's what managers do - follow many changing items superficially and look at some of them in detail. A management version might have feeds for shipments which missed their ship date, incoming orders, customer complaints, personnel absences, due dates for major supplier shipments, and other items of interest. Different users would be watching different things, some info would be available only to some users, and users would set what they wanted to see. If you've ever used a Bloomberg terminal, it's a lot like that, but with worse graphics.
Facebook has a reasonable platform for that sort of thing.
Any decent CRM or ERP system has dashboards that are more efficient for this sort of thing - hell, even JIRA has them, and you can create your own or even share it. This sort of behavior is not new - back in 2005, I worked at a major BI company and many managers even had their own mini datamart for not only current status reports/dashboards but (with their datamarts) trending within those data feeds.
There is no reason the "Facebook interface" is any better than what's out there in many enterprise appications (some of which are open-source). Google "JIRA dashboard" or "CRM dashboard" for a slew of examples which are better than Facebook for managers.
Looks like most people don't understand the comment, or understand just how important collaboration is. I'm sure you understand how important it is that everyone on your team works in the same direction. That requires collaboration. What he's saying is that collaboration that is restricted just to the immediate people on your local team is not enough, and often you need more input from people only tangentially related to your project.
There is a very strong counterpoint to your analysis of Benioff's argument. And that is *focus* is what gets projects/deals done on time. Increasing the circle of concern past what is absolutely necessary for a given venture necessarily creates all sorts of problems like groupthink, design by committee, and analysis paralysis... and that's just for starters. Check out the anti-pattern wiki for a list of things that over-communication can often be the root cause [1].
SFDC is a very successful venture, sure. But look at another very successful venture which is now the largest capitalized company of all time (and still growing) - Apple. The success mantra from Apple for the past decade has been *focus*. If you have sales or project teams who are effectively crowd-sourcing their design/review/approval process, then how can you expect anyone to get anything done? How do you prevent pervasive anti-patterns from cropping up?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-pattern
Is turn-by-turn navigation that important in a handheld device? That's more of a feature for a car-mounted device. You shouldn't be looking at a smartphone while driving, anyway.
Turn by turn navigation on iOS6 leverages Siri, so you can ask it to navigate you back home without you touching the phone (if you have a handsfree BT you just push the call button on your wheel/headset and you're talking to Siri).
There is a reason the Siri team is relatively huge at Apple - it's going to go into all of the new features. For example, you can now launch apps directly from Siri without touching the phone - great for things like weather apps or say, Skype.
This may simply be evidence that the Win 8 tablet platform is intended for the business audience.
Perhaps. However, one would assume that a business audience would like a deeper Exchange and Active Directory integration, and apparently these devices do not offer that (at least from the beta).
I would be amazed if Microsoft could achieve an Apple-level of secrecy on such an important and desired feature... especially consider their business audience prefer to plan for purchases.
Bye Bye, Microsoft.
Now there is a prediction never made on Slashdot before. Why don't you go all the way out on the limb and declare next year to be "The Year Of Linux on Desktops"?
No, but has been the "decade of unix (now predominantly linux) based mobile devices" so far. Microsoft has been losing on this front, since, well, forever, but the success of the iPhone and Android cemented that fate.
from something like 1200x800 to 1920x1200, which is quite a significant difference for watching videos and reading. Funnily enough, my old tablet still feels nicer to use because my new one doesn't have Jelly Bean and its "Project Butter" yet. Despite the hardware being faster, the UI actually feels less responsive!
That's about a 2.5x jump in pixel count - so unless the new tablet has a graphics core that's at least 2.5x faster, you're going to need to expect possible slowdown.
I have a friend who dropped her iPhone off the kitchen counter and that impact shattered the glass. She's done this twice, once with an iPhone 4 and once with an iPhone 4S. I think I'll take my chances with a better-constructed device.
Jeebus, what does she have on the kitchen floor - Concrete or Marble? I've dropped my naked 4S on linoleum, hardwood and ceramic tile from about hand or counter height and it did fine (some scuffage, but nothing eye-popping).
If citizens have rights when acting individually, why should those rights disappear when they act collectively?
Because there is no analog for, say, the death penalty.
Ultimately, a corporation is a legal entity used to streamline taxes, and provide an equitable means of shared ownership for larger than a handful of people. It is not a person, as it doesn't shit, fuck, eat or (most importantly) die.
Having things that are given the rights without any of the downsides is a sure way to put an exploit into the workings of our economy and government. I could easily relate half the things wrong in our country with our over-corporatized, limited liability behemoths who (aside from that pesky regulation) pretty much steamroll over the citizenry (the other half are due to side-effects of basic human nature) and pay their costs - someone in the organization having been tasked with the cost/benefit and realizing the benefits of steamrolling the public outweigh the costs.
Hire a competent attorney.
The choice is simple: If you expect to ever seek VC funding or have an IPO then form a Delaware C Corp. Otherwise form an S Corp in the state where you reside and/or do the majority of your business.
Also bad advice - here are some landmines you might run over if you incorporate too early [1]. Basically, you should talk to an accountant and attorney to see if it's right for your specific situation, and then keep those folks on the payroll to handle the paperwork and avoid problems specific to maintaining such an entity.
[1] http://www.youngmoney.com/entrepreneur/should-you-incorporate-not-before-reading-these-arguments/
Why are the 3GS (a 3 year old design), iPad1 (2.5 years old) and iPad mini (rumored device at this moment) on the list? Why aren't things like hardware acceleration, smooth scrolling and other basic features that didn't exist for Android as of a few months ago on the features list? Hell, why isn't front/back camera on that list - no complaints that the iPod touch even have an external speaker until v2?
As it stands there are basically three screen ratios (3:2, 4:3 and now 16:9), 3 device categories (phone/ipod/tablet). A whole lot less variety and scattered than Android where this kind of list would require a large spreadsheet to make sense of.
This list is a bit of a stretch. The phones that are currently being sold (4, 4S, 5) have very similar capabilities to each other, as do the tablets.