You can play Angry Birds on Roku. How much more control do you want? Touch screen is out. Now I can imagine hooking up a computer so you have mouse and keyboard, but what' the point. It's a *TV*.
It really sounds like the Apple fans who utterly ignored Apple TV for seven years are just now realizing it exists and trying to drum up the support. The reality distortion field has broken down and it will take a lot more than a press release to get it up at full strength again.
Doubt it. Apple has been in the market for a very long time already, and is falling far behind except with iTunes fans who already have lots of content there. They are playing catch up. The only thing happening here is a reminder, even to Apple fans, that Apple TV exists.
I prefer a device that is completely agnostic, no preference to one channel or the other, whereas I think Apple will play favorites.
There's nothing new here. Other devices already have apps, and those apps are the ones that get the content. It's how Roku, Google TV, Chromecast, FireTV, and smart televisions work. Though with greater or lesser amount of ability to add new apps. They may be called "channels" but they're really the same as apps.
The only thing in the announcement that sounds new is the move to talk to TV content providers directly. That sounds a bit bad actually, as it may mean that content partners with Apple may get higher precedence over third party content providers; perhaps they'll push their best friend and downplay Netflix and let politics get involved.
Mostly it's just extra support for iTunes. What other integration is there with phones/pads/computers? You mean chromecast and making your phone videos go to tv? That works with other devices. So what happens if Roku or Amazon or Google get iTunes support, then where's the Apple TV advantage?
Apple TV in the past has languished with little support from high levels at Apple, it's not the cool fad of the day so gets overlooked. So I suspect it'll get overlooked in the future as well.
It's the same as Roku. Why spend an extra $200 to get as smart TV when you can spend $100 for the Roku? Apple TV is the same, except they're being a bit goofy for going after TV deals directly instead of just allowing plugins of any sort.
I am a male, and I don't really care what you think, but I am utterly disgusted when I hear males make such repulsive remarks. If you don't want to be tarnished by association because of feminists, then I also don't want to be tarnished by association of being the same gender as misogynist cretins.
Gamergate went off the rails and turned into an argument about feminism in gaming, but a few stalwart people kept shouting futilely "it's about ethics!". Gamergate was like Watergate, far bigger than the small trivial event that started it. What went down during gamergate was real harrassment not made up stuff. It was an opening to let the troglodytes of the world speak their mind and get away with it.
"Unmatched" is clearly meant as a superlative. Perhaps to Babbage's own mind she was unmatched and used that word. By your logic, no one is unmatched and you should be equally outraged now matter to whom the word is applied, male or female.
Intuition gives you a hint at the solution, but you still need to do all the steps along the way to get a proof. Using intuition by itself is pointless.
When I was in college, intern meant you worked at or below minimum wage but you also got college credits. So most students in engineering did not get internships because they had enough credits but they did get summer jobs. But in arts and humanities they went for internships as a way to get credits and a little spending cash.
Except it really isn't that different in many ways. IT is the same - help out the clients and keep the computing infrastructure running smoothly. Except that 30 years ago it wasn't full of people who panicked whenever a woman walked by. Programming is mostly the same unless you're on the web.
But if the computing world was a million times smaller, why did men grow to fill the ranks when space opened up and not women?
So why do men want to go into the field if it's so unpleasant?
I don't think it's so bad. It's a pretty cushy job actually. Good hours, good employment prospects, the pay is awesome, and management listens to what I have to say. Of course, I'm not junior either and not in IT.
They still look pretty similar. Ie, computer help desk support is mostly the same, such as interacting politely with clients and helping the entire company run smoothly. No wait, I guess that did change... But I'm still writing code, it's still in C or C++, still some shell scripting, not doing anything stupid like JavaScript. Of course many of the same women from back then are still in computing, the problem is getting new women into the field.
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Ya, but if it's apple it's going to be a walled garden.
Well, I'm only going off what the news article said.
You can play Angry Birds on Roku. How much more control do you want? Touch screen is out. Now I can imagine hooking up a computer so you have mouse and keyboard, but what' the point. It's a *TV*.
It really sounds like the Apple fans who utterly ignored Apple TV for seven years are just now realizing it exists and trying to drum up the support. The reality distortion field has broken down and it will take a lot more than a press release to get it up at full strength again.
Doubt it. Apple has been in the market for a very long time already, and is falling far behind except with iTunes fans who already have lots of content there. They are playing catch up. The only thing happening here is a reminder, even to Apple fans, that Apple TV exists.
I prefer a device that is completely agnostic, no preference to one channel or the other, whereas I think Apple will play favorites.
There's nothing new here. Other devices already have apps, and those apps are the ones that get the content. It's how Roku, Google TV, Chromecast, FireTV, and smart televisions work. Though with greater or lesser amount of ability to add new apps. They may be called "channels" but they're really the same as apps.
The only thing in the announcement that sounds new is the move to talk to TV content providers directly. That sounds a bit bad actually, as it may mean that content partners with Apple may get higher precedence over third party content providers; perhaps they'll push their best friend and downplay Netflix and let politics get involved.
That's how Roku works. Roku does not make deals to get content, instead it has lots and lots of apps .Apple sounds like it is playing catch up.
Mostly it's just extra support for iTunes. What other integration is there with phones/pads/computers? You mean chromecast and making your phone videos go to tv? That works with other devices. So what happens if Roku or Amazon or Google get iTunes support, then where's the Apple TV advantage?
Apple TV in the past has languished with little support from high levels at Apple, it's not the cool fad of the day so gets overlooked. So I suspect it'll get overlooked in the future as well.
Netflix is $8 a month, so they can afford the shows but still feel that Apple TV is overpriced.
It's the same as Roku. Why spend an extra $200 to get as smart TV when you can spend $100 for the Roku? Apple TV is the same, except they're being a bit goofy for going after TV deals directly instead of just allowing plugins of any sort.
I have seen this in some annual reports.
Or be allowed to teach at a university even if they got the education somehow.
I am a male, and I don't really care what you think, but I am utterly disgusted when I hear males make such repulsive remarks. If you don't want to be tarnished by association because of feminists, then I also don't want to be tarnished by association of being the same gender as misogynist cretins.
Gamergate went off the rails and turned into an argument about feminism in gaming, but a few stalwart people kept shouting futilely "it's about ethics!". Gamergate was like Watergate, far bigger than the small trivial event that started it. What went down during gamergate was real harrassment not made up stuff. It was an opening to let the troglodytes of the world speak their mind and get away with it.
A silk handerchief?
"Unmatched" is clearly meant as a superlative. Perhaps to Babbage's own mind she was unmatched and used that word. By your logic, no one is unmatched and you should be equally outraged now matter to whom the word is applied, male or female.
Intuition gives you a hint at the solution, but you still need to do all the steps along the way to get a proof. Using intuition by itself is pointless.
What mashing?
He did live large chunks of his life outside of England. An ex-pat poet.
He was the guy that brought the cheese dip.
I worked full time in the summers, but these were not internships.
When I was in college, intern meant you worked at or below minimum wage but you also got college credits. So most students in engineering did not get internships because they had enough credits but they did get summer jobs. But in arts and humanities they went for internships as a way to get credits and a little spending cash.
The interns turned out to be overqualified.
Except it really isn't that different in many ways. IT is the same - help out the clients and keep the computing infrastructure running smoothly. Except that 30 years ago it wasn't full of people who panicked whenever a woman walked by. Programming is mostly the same unless you're on the web.
But if the computing world was a million times smaller, why did men grow to fill the ranks when space opened up and not women?
So why do men want to go into the field if it's so unpleasant?
I don't think it's so bad. It's a pretty cushy job actually. Good hours, good employment prospects, the pay is awesome, and management listens to what I have to say. Of course, I'm not junior either and not in IT.
They still look pretty similar. Ie, computer help desk support is mostly the same, such as interacting politely with clients and helping the entire company run smoothly. No wait, I guess that did change... But I'm still writing code, it's still in C or C++, still some shell scripting, not doing anything stupid like JavaScript. Of course many of the same women from back then are still in computing, the problem is getting new women into the field.