So does the iPhone, but they both are too small, require constant charging (as compared to a e-ink or a real book) and most importantly are WAY WAY too small.
Larger color e-ink display? 3 years @ 15$ will not even cover the hardware. . .
Magazine subscriptions are cheap right now, mostly around 2 dollars a magazine, on a yearly plan. If this is the idea, to make a magazine reader, its a poor one.
Newspapers are better, but the Kindle already does this. Yes, we ALL want a large cheap color e-ink display, but it simply isn't here yet
Publishers are also -importantly- for proofing writers works, making sure things are logical etc. . . And also for managing the writers themselves. All great artists are a little. . . off, and most need help in one way or another transferring their vision to others.
Many (most) authors love their publishers for helping them get their ideas out of their head and to others (Marketing, finding artists, arranging book tours, not to mention proofing, improving etc)
Obviously the side of the publisher that we the customer sees is just a guy and a printing press, but i assure you, they do alot more than that.
Meh. I haven't bought a book on my kindle yet, just reading the classics that are free.
That being said, I haven't once felt like Amazon is doing anything, or that anything about the Kindle 1 or 2 wasn't / isn't designed / done with the customer in mind.
Sure, the prices for books are high, but they make every effort to help you get your content on your kindle, whether you got it from them or not.
Yes, i like real books, but any book that you really love you will buy hardback anyway. Am I concerned that in 10 years my copy of Dan Brown's crappy book is tied to Amazon will disappear? Not really. I have backups of my books on my computer, in well known DRM free formats, and i can transfer then to whatever device i am using then.
People seem to be freaked out about being locked into a product, or a company, but honestly it isn't a big deal with the Kindle. There are easy to use converters on the web for free, and its not like your files are hard to get to.
So all in all, the people out there complaining about the kindle probably don't own one, or probably don't read a great deal. For those of us who do, the Kindle is fantastic. Perfect? No, but i think anyone using one wouldn't think that Amazon is doing anything other than working hard to make the experience good ffor the customer
You put yourself in the situation that your and your families welfare depends on a single service provided by a single company. In that regard, every company in the country should be regulated as someone could back themselves into a corner and claim persecution.
Synchronize files across devices, not worrying about off or online status. Connect to a network to stream media to a WMP extender (xb360). Virtualize entire computers. Disaster Recovery. Write better and safer drivers. Manage power use better. Put a computer to sleep. Hell, start and shutdown faster. I could go on, but The real point here is that the OS is a Layer that allows the new exciting stuff to work on your hardware.
The car analogy is that car frames have gotten lighter and stronger, but their basic idea and use is the same now as it was at the start.
The Operating system has gotten better over the years. Period. It works. It serves its function in allowing a user to utilize hardware. It has gotten better at this. No discussion.
I dont exactly know what you want here. . . a massive shift in the way computers operate every 10 years?
How is my like or dislike of windows relevant? All other oses do the same things, some marginally better or worse.
The point you just aren't getting is that The post that started this stated that software hasn't progressed since win95. It was ridiculous when he said it, and it is sad when you try to defend it.
64 bit support, large file support, security, stability, user interface, use of modern hardware, etc etc.
You count bringing an OS to a small handheld device as an improvement for the telephone market, but you don't consider it an advancement for the OS market as well?
If you cherrypick advances to point out and ignore the others, cars haven't advanced in 50 years, they are still using the internal combustion paradigm.
Not that this matters at all. Unless you are using windows 95 you are a total hypocrite.
Despite popular sentiment, Vista on a decent computer is just as fast and way more stable than XP. I am truly sorry that you bought into the (anti)hype that somehow started about Vista. Drivers were a problem early in release, but as time has told, the manufacturers finally have started to release them.
Forget it, i am done trying to argue with an armchair quarterback who thinks that he has the solutions to the problems of the world.
And thanks for not even trying to address ANY of the points I raised, or not trying to understand that what you propose would increase the cost of software a hundred fold. Thanks
My point is that things DO work. Buy a decent, new computer with win7 or -gasp- vista, and you will find that things, including software do just by and large work. This isn't 10 years ago when your win98 computer froze every week, or you need to go find drivers online.
People, especially us that lived through the infancy of personal computing, tend to view personal machines as unreliable and error prone based on our past experiences, not our current ones
The linked article is so ridiculous its amazing. Your computer is hands down the most complicated machine you own by a order of magnitude at least. And it is constantly under attack by people from all over the world with nothing to lose. Your TV isn't under that kind of pressure. Why does the author compare the two, and expressly talk about viruses, when it's clear they are in no ways comparable? Your computer has a hardware warranty, its as good as any other electronic equipment. Software with warranties? The first step would be forcing it to be run on certified hardware, which few of us are willing to pay for for a non-business machine. The article itself states that the most reviewed, most expensive fault-tollerenced software fails (airplanes, radiation machines etc...) so even with Standards, things still fail. If every copy of windows was written to a military life or death standard, it wauld take 10 years to release anything, and it would cost billions of dollars to do, considering the hardware varieties.
My point is that modern software (even from microsoft) works just about as well as a modern car, or TV, or anything else with electronics involved.
. . . is this why other companies have made between 0 and no progress into the desktop OS business market? Sure some hip Artists use Macs at their businesses because they look better, but has anyone seriously stopped using windows? does Mac even have business grade support services for software?
Sorry, the US is one of the most UNDER populated of the developed countries, by physical space or resources per capita. Not to mention that we can feed and house all of our people in this country. . . Just because you make up something dosent mean itn true
My experience is that after six months of running by a regular (read non technical) user, the windows system will be bogged down by all kinds of crap that make it unbearably slow.
No viruses, no trojans, no crapware,
And what is your experience for a non technical user running a linux desktop? Hate to break it to you, an experienced user can run windows fine. its the user that installs the crap that makes the os suck.
And the only reason there aren't any viruses or trojans yet is because no one uses it yet. People will write them when the user base shifts. To imagine that there aren't any flaws in the system is a sad joke in naitivity
Secondly, it's not just about revenue but longer term industrial dependency. Were China to suddenly refuse (due to political embargo, for instance) to produce such items Apple would suffer a considerable economic loss,
The laws of a free market state that China would suffer the exact same economic loss. The reason China is paying so little for labor is that they NEED the jobs in a big sorta way. If their country didn't need companies like Apple, they would charge more for their services.
A dollar does not have the same value across the globe.
No. . ..the US dollar does have the same value across the globe. The only difference is that things (labor) is cheaper in China than the US.
I am supporting the fact that there is a distinction between going out and trying to look for vague parallels between symbols and events, and those symbols being based upon those things.
People weren't crucified on crosses because it fit into some inane celestial pattern, Moses's followers were worshiping a golden calf not because it was a symbol for Taurus, but, -gasp- it might just have happened to be a calf. No matter what animal it was, people like you would believe that there was significance there as well. If it was just a mountain of gold you would be here talking about how it symbolized mother earth.
I am supporting the fact that correlation does not imply causation
If there was 2000 years of literature confirming the famed cookie houses of old deep in the German woods, millions of people researched the authenticity of the houses, people claimed the houses were real to the point of death and persecution, and none of the arguments against it were really that valid or logical, then, yeah, i would have no problem saying that some people baked themselves up a house.
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No, really, why?
So does the iPhone, but they both are too small, require constant charging (as compared to a e-ink or a real book) and most importantly are WAY WAY too small.
You would basically need one teacher per child, and sorry, most kids aren't worth that economically. You can always homeschool if you don't like it.
Magazine subscriptions are cheap right now, mostly around 2 dollars a magazine, on a yearly plan. If this is the idea, to make a magazine reader, its a poor one.
Newspapers are better, but the Kindle already does this. Yes, we ALL want a large cheap color e-ink display, but it simply isn't here yet
Remember tiled backgrounds? Animated gifs? -shudder-
Not to mention, what websites do you go to now that "aren't readable?" name 3.
Many (most) authors love their publishers for helping them get their ideas out of their head and to others (Marketing, finding artists, arranging book tours, not to mention proofing, improving etc)
Obviously the side of the publisher that we the customer sees is just a guy and a printing press, but i assure you, they do alot more than that.
That being said, I haven't once felt like Amazon is doing anything, or that anything about the Kindle 1 or 2 wasn't / isn't designed / done with the customer in mind.
Sure, the prices for books are high, but they make every effort to help you get your content on your kindle, whether you got it from them or not.
Yes, i like real books, but any book that you really love you will buy hardback anyway. Am I concerned that in 10 years my copy of Dan Brown's crappy book is tied to Amazon will disappear? Not really. I have backups of my books on my computer, in well known DRM free formats, and i can transfer then to whatever device i am using then.
People seem to be freaked out about being locked into a product, or a company, but honestly it isn't a big deal with the Kindle. There are easy to use converters on the web for free, and its not like your files are hard to get to.
So all in all, the people out there complaining about the kindle probably don't own one, or probably don't read a great deal. For those of us who do, the Kindle is fantastic. Perfect? No, but i think anyone using one wouldn't think that Amazon is doing anything other than working hard to make the experience good ffor the customer
. . . but neither telephone service or a vehicle are rights either . . .
You put yourself in the situation that your and your families welfare depends on a single service provided by a single company. In that regard, every company in the country should be regulated as someone could back themselves into a corner and claim persecution.
The car analogy is that car frames have gotten lighter and stronger, but their basic idea and use is the same now as it was at the start.
The Operating system has gotten better over the years. Period. It works. It serves its function in allowing a user to utilize hardware. It has gotten better at this. No discussion.
I dont exactly know what you want here. . . a massive shift in the way computers operate every 10 years?
How is my like or dislike of windows relevant? All other oses do the same things, some marginally better or worse.
The point you just aren't getting is that The post that started this stated that software hasn't progressed since win95. It was ridiculous when he said it, and it is sad when you try to defend it.
You count bringing an OS to a small handheld device as an improvement for the telephone market, but you don't consider it an advancement for the OS market as well?
If you cherrypick advances to point out and ignore the others, cars haven't advanced in 50 years, they are still using the internal combustion paradigm.
Not that this matters at all. Unless you are using windows 95 you are a total hypocrite.
Maybe win8 will have built in multimonitor task bars. . . something needed since 98.
Forget it, i am done trying to argue with an armchair quarterback who thinks that he has the solutions to the problems of the world.
And thanks for not even trying to address ANY of the points I raised, or not trying to understand that what you propose would increase the cost of software a hundred fold. Thanks
Exactly what version of what OS do you use?
People, especially us that lived through the infancy of personal computing, tend to view personal machines as unreliable and error prone based on our past experiences, not our current ones
The linked article is so ridiculous its amazing. Your computer is hands down the most complicated machine you own by a order of magnitude at least. And it is constantly under attack by people from all over the world with nothing to lose. Your TV isn't under that kind of pressure. Why does the author compare the two, and expressly talk about viruses, when it's clear they are in no ways comparable? Your computer has a hardware warranty, its as good as any other electronic equipment. Software with warranties? The first step would be forcing it to be run on certified hardware, which few of us are willing to pay for for a non-business machine. The article itself states that the most reviewed, most expensive fault-tollerenced software fails (airplanes, radiation machines etc...) so even with Standards, things still fail. If every copy of windows was written to a military life or death standard, it wauld take 10 years to release anything, and it would cost billions of dollars to do, considering the hardware varieties.
My point is that modern software (even from microsoft) works just about as well as a modern car, or TV, or anything else with electronics involved.
. . . is this why other companies have made between 0 and no progress into the desktop OS business market? Sure some hip Artists use Macs at their businesses because they look better, but has anyone seriously stopped using windows? does Mac even have business grade support services for software?
And I feel smug playing games and using my speakers.
Sorry, the US is one of the most UNDER populated of the developed countries, by physical space or resources per capita. Not to mention that we can feed and house all of our people in this country. . . Just because you make up something dosent mean itn true
My experience is that after six months of running by a regular (read non technical) user, the windows system will be bogged down by all kinds of crap that make it unbearably slow.
No viruses, no trojans, no crapware,
And what is your experience for a non technical user running a linux desktop? Hate to break it to you, an experienced user can run windows fine. its the user that installs the crap that makes the os suck.
And the only reason there aren't any viruses or trojans yet is because no one uses it yet. People will write them when the user base shifts. To imagine that there aren't any flaws in the system is a sad joke in naitivity
A dollar does not have the same value across the globe. No. . . .the US dollar does have the same value across the globe. The only difference is that things (labor) is cheaper in China than the US.
I don't think a house that costs significantly more than 1m is reasonable for "just a dude".
name one please.
That's why i wrote it.
I am supporting the fact that there is a distinction between going out and trying to look for vague parallels between symbols and events, and those symbols being based upon those things.
People weren't crucified on crosses because it fit into some inane celestial pattern, Moses's followers were worshiping a golden calf not because it was a symbol for Taurus, but, -gasp- it might just have happened to be a calf. No matter what animal it was, people like you would believe that there was significance there as well. If it was just a mountain of gold you would be here talking about how it symbolized mother earth.
I am supporting the fact that correlation does not imply causation
If there was 2000 years of literature confirming the famed cookie houses of old deep in the German woods, millions of people researched the authenticity of the houses, people claimed the houses were real to the point of death and persecution, and none of the arguments against it were really that valid or logical, then, yeah, i would have no problem saying that some people baked themselves up a house.