Computing device requirements (not options): keyboard, mouse, connection to largish display, a way to get data on and off of it other than the network, reasonably adaptable connectors to other devices. Most tablets fail every single one of those, and so are relegated to being nothing more than entertainment consumption products.
How is actual work done on Windows? Honestly, it doesn't even have a real shell. Sure it's great for games or the yearly turbotax, but for actual work it seems backwards. Sure many companies force you to use it because they're stuck on exchange but even in those cases you just swivel the chair now and then to the Windows computer to read email, then swivel back to get on with productivity (and no, email does not correlate with productivity).
Anecdote: never had a tablet, never used one, and to be honest I've only ever seen a handful in my life that weren't in a store waiting to be bought. Funny anecdote: When the next gen of hipsters say they never use tablets, I can say I was there first.
For a long time I actually thought business class was lower quality than standard seats. That's because I was naive and assumed businesses wanted to save money; so they'd put their workers on the cheapest seats possible and they'd have to accept it or lose their jobs. Then I was totally amazed to learn that business class was essentially first class, in quality and price, and that companies were throwing away their money to send workers to meetings they didn't need to go to.
As an undergrad, we had to do Breakout in assembly, but displayed on an analog oscilloscope. Kind of fun. Simple, but the point was to learn about interfacing to devices not the assembler or programming style.
I find it odd that they equate "early web" with "high tech". This was the point in time when computers basically dumbed themselves down, and any company throwing up a web page claimed that they were high tech in order to get funding. Before 1994 the engineers at Stanford, men and women, were instrumental in building up the state of the art in computer science and they came from engineering disciplines completely distinct from the MBA program.
The gender gap that exists is not necessarily in the business end of these companies but in engineering side, and in particular the IT computer support groups. Yes there is a gender gap in the upper management layers but this is true outside of tech companies as well. When people note that there's a gender gap in STEM fields the "E" does not stand for "entrepreneur", and yet the large media companies can't seem to figure out the difference.
The story feels strainge in other ways. For example, wouldn't Twitter have to add the hashtag feature before a customer could "originate the use"? Or maybe this is a Twitter thing, such that only things invented at Twitter are acknowledged to exist.
(I've never used twitter, it seems clumsy, uninformative, and does nothing that no other service can do better.)
There is public interest in having public lands kept as wildernesses or parks. Not everything has to be for the benefit of profit, ranchers, or miners. Although that was the thinking a century and a half ago.
But it is basing this decision because of the religious beliefs of another group; ie, the religion of making more money out of nothing. Take the governments land and suck out the profits for the sole benefit of private individuals. The decision making basically comes down to who has the best or most expensive lobbyist on their side, since McCain doesn't seem to be able to think for himself like he used to.
You need to know before hand what the hidden features are though. Trouble is that you can't easily find it out. If you check customer reviews you will almost always find glowing positive reviews for things just dripping with DRM. Though to be fair, when I see a glowing review I almost always think that there must be something suspicious, because no one can get that excited about a mere consumer product. Plus these reviews usually get written long before the problems are discovered, which means you have to wait a year maybe before some more honest and objective reviews show up.
People LOVE the Blu-Ray despite the horrendous DRM it has. People still buy Origin games. People somehow are quivering with delight at Keurig despite the alternatives that don't have DRM.
The problem here is not the high margin on replacement parts, but on the DRM itself. I can make an adapter for a Gillette razor if I wanted to without breaking any DMCA laws. Inkjet cartridges did not originally have DRM but instead just some ominous "for best results please only official parts" warnings. And of course people figure out the do-it-yourself solutions pretty quickly, until the manufacturers figure out how to change software to prevent the DIY.
As well, with the razors, the blade is the real product and the handle is merely a free accessory. The ink cartridges require a really specialized formula (easy to replicate from a third party of course). But for a cat box cartridge it's just a plastic container full of soap and water, there's nothing special going on there except the dimensions and interfaces of the container.
For the profits, this may work out well at first. But after awhile people will stop buying them. Negative word of mouth gets around. Maybe they make less money overall than if they just raised the base price at the start. After all, there are a lot of people out there who are perfectly willing to buy the "official" replacement cartridges.
He's not free. It's ridiculous. He's being moved from one prison to a different prison. Ok, it's a slightly nicer prison that he's going to but it's not at all the same as freedom in any sense.
Gasoline powered engines carried onto passenger planes is just a stupid idea, for carry on or checked baggage. Even when handled normally and cleaned properly they stink up the place. People store their chainsaws in the garage or a shed, not the attic or a closet, and for good reason.
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Computing device requirements (not options): keyboard, mouse, connection to largish display, a way to get data on and off of it other than the network, reasonably adaptable connectors to other devices. Most tablets fail every single one of those, and so are relegated to being nothing more than entertainment consumption products.
That's because the unhappy Apple owners are still unable to connect to the internet to send a cry for help.
Only reason I'm replacing my phone is that the "smart" thing is breaking after a mere two years. My dumb phone lasted 10 years and did quite well.
How is actual work done on Windows? Honestly, it doesn't even have a real shell. Sure it's great for games or the yearly turbotax, but for actual work it seems backwards. Sure many companies force you to use it because they're stuck on exchange but even in those cases you just swivel the chair now and then to the Windows computer to read email, then swivel back to get on with productivity (and no, email does not correlate with productivity).
On a bus or airplane, I refuse to do any office work. That's MY time not the office's time. Time for a book, a nap, or just stare out the window.
Anecdote: never had a tablet, never used one, and to be honest I've only ever seen a handful in my life that weren't in a store waiting to be bought.
Funny anecdote: When the next gen of hipsters say they never use tablets, I can say I was there first.
For a long time I actually thought business class was lower quality than standard seats. That's because I was naive and assumed businesses wanted to save money; so they'd put their workers on the cheapest seats possible and they'd have to accept it or lose their jobs. Then I was totally amazed to learn that business class was essentially first class, in quality and price, and that companies were throwing away their money to send workers to meetings they didn't need to go to.
As an undergrad, we had to do Breakout in assembly, but displayed on an analog oscilloscope. Kind of fun. Simple, but the point was to learn about interfacing to devices not the assembler or programming style.
I find it odd that they equate "early web" with "high tech". This was the point in time when computers basically dumbed themselves down, and any company throwing up a web page claimed that they were high tech in order to get funding. Before 1994 the engineers at Stanford, men and women, were instrumental in building up the state of the art in computer science and they came from engineering disciplines completely distinct from the MBA program.
The gender gap that exists is not necessarily in the business end of these companies but in engineering side, and in particular the IT computer support groups. Yes there is a gender gap in the upper management layers but this is true outside of tech companies as well. When people note that there's a gender gap in STEM fields the "E" does not stand for "entrepreneur", and yet the large media companies can't seem to figure out the difference.
What I find funny is that one reviewed claimed that it was too short at 144 minutes.
Zombie Steve Jobs eats braiiins!
It's ok, VC people don't read Slashdot and wouldn't understand it if they accidentally stumbled across it.
The story feels strainge in other ways. For example, wouldn't Twitter have to add the hashtag feature before a customer could "originate the use"? Or maybe this is a Twitter thing, such that only things invented at Twitter are acknowledged to exist.
(I've never used twitter, it seems clumsy, uninformative, and does nothing that no other service can do better.)
True, but the owners can place additional restrictions if they like. If the feds allow chainsaws the airlines can still forbid them.
There is public interest in having public lands kept as wildernesses or parks. Not everything has to be for the benefit of profit, ranchers, or miners. Although that was the thinking a century and a half ago.
Right but it's not copper they dug up from land they owned, but land they begged the government to give them access to.
But it is basing this decision because of the religious beliefs of another group; ie, the religion of making more money out of nothing. Take the governments land and suck out the profits for the sole benefit of private individuals. The decision making basically comes down to who has the best or most expensive lobbyist on their side, since McCain doesn't seem to be able to think for himself like he used to.
You need to know before hand what the hidden features are though. Trouble is that you can't easily find it out. If you check customer reviews you will almost always find glowing positive reviews for things just dripping with DRM. Though to be fair, when I see a glowing review I almost always think that there must be something suspicious, because no one can get that excited about a mere consumer product. Plus these reviews usually get written long before the problems are discovered, which means you have to wait a year maybe before some more honest and objective reviews show up.
People LOVE the Blu-Ray despite the horrendous DRM it has. People still buy Origin games. People somehow are quivering with delight at Keurig despite the alternatives that don't have DRM.
The problem here is not the high margin on replacement parts, but on the DRM itself. I can make an adapter for a Gillette razor if I wanted to without breaking any DMCA laws. Inkjet cartridges did not originally have DRM but instead just some ominous "for best results please only official parts" warnings. And of course people figure out the do-it-yourself solutions pretty quickly, until the manufacturers figure out how to change software to prevent the DIY.
As well, with the razors, the blade is the real product and the handle is merely a free accessory. The ink cartridges require a really specialized formula (easy to replicate from a third party of course). But for a cat box cartridge it's just a plastic container full of soap and water, there's nothing special going on there except the dimensions and interfaces of the container.
For the profits, this may work out well at first. But after awhile people will stop buying them. Negative word of mouth gets around. Maybe they make less money overall than if they just raised the base price at the start. After all, there are a lot of people out there who are perfectly willing to buy the "official" replacement cartridges.
True, but I don't really consider putting up a sign to be a heavy handed authoritarian tactic.
But the orangutan does not get to choose. There is no freedom involved here, just the decision about which group of humans gets to dicate its life.
He's not free. It's ridiculous. He's being moved from one prison to a different prison. Ok, it's a slightly nicer prison that he's going to but it's not at all the same as freedom in any sense.
Private property which means that the owners can restrict it all they want. The limitations in the bill of rights applies to the government.
Right to carry arms is in the constitution. Right to bear arms on a plane is not. Actually I don't think right to be on a plane was mentioned either.
Gasoline powered engines carried onto passenger planes is just a stupid idea, for carry on or checked baggage. Even when handled normally and cleaned properly they stink up the place. People store their chainsaws in the garage or a shed, not the attic or a closet, and for good reason.