So the developers are bad because they give the users what they asked for?
You get what you ask for. If you can't articulate things properly, you will get a mess.
No level of "design competence" will overcome this. At best you will get something that is forced on the users but is great for HID wannabe circle jerks.
You are confusing some of the cogs with the system itself. The current model in use by the US is designed to create soldiers and factory workers and has been abandoned by the people we stole it from. The school system is far behind the times and ultimately is very destructive if it's successful. What it tries to achieve is badly out of step with the modern world.
That's just focusing on the very tail end of the research process.
You still need to ask whether or not any of this could have happened at all without research he doesn't approve of over religious grounds that aren't even that well founded in doctrine to begin with. (thus the problem of embedding religious doctrine in public policy)
Android already does "wonderful things" when compared to Apple's approach.
Android is yet another version of Linux that doesn't need nor will benefit from blindly following Apple. It's far better to "think different" and actually represent a distinct choice that people choose for that distinctiveness.
My criteria for a tablet is definitely must "replace my netbook" and also ideal should be able to "replace my Archos".
I want fewer devices, not more. Although there are some compromises I won't make. So some devices remain in my gadget bag despite of how over hyped certain devices might be.
A tablet is fine for very light use. Generally these are the people for whom you wonder why they even bother with a PC to begin with. These people are the real market for tablets. They are the people for which a PC is not really the right device.
The need a scooter rather than a real car.
A PC is not a truck. It's a sedan and a tablet is a scooter.
I think a short history of science is a good way to start any biology course just so that the fundies don't get their collective panties in a bunch and realize how to approach scientific "truth". It's not like dogma. It's very fluid and you won't get burned at the stake for publically denouncing it.
Still have to be able to accurately describe it on an exam paper though. That's no burden. Nor would being able to accurately characterize Islam or Buhdism in a comparative religion course. An educated person needs to be able to understand the ideas of others on their own terms rather than through the lens of some personal bias.
H*ll... once someone put the price hike into it's proper context I realized that even I personally would not change my buying habits over this. I am not going to go out and by 5 or 10 more drives today just because the price is going to go up something on the order of my local sales tax.
So? It still remains a relatively hostile environment for other operating systems (boot loader, partition format).
Whereas I can just take the Apple parts list, avoid using unnecessarily expensive laptop parts, and put them in a much more expandable chassis or even get something that's meant to be rack mounted.
Or I could just get the cheapest thing I can and forget about the Apple parts list if it's not really needed.
Actually, the exact reverse of what you are claiming will happen.
Everyone else in the world will have tapped out all of their resources and we will be left with ours. We will be left with our Oil and our Rare Earths because the EPA stuck it's nose in. When it matters, WE will be the ones that are self sufficient.
That's what happens when you plan ahead or consider something more than just the moment.
Sure, it's side effect the tree hugger's view of thinking ahead but it works out anyways.
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So the developers are bad because they give the users what they asked for?
You get what you ask for. If you can't articulate things properly, you will get a mess.
No level of "design competence" will overcome this. At best you will get something that is forced on the users but is great for HID wannabe circle jerks.
I get it. I am not posting this from an iPad. My wife that loves her iPad similarly would not post from it either.
iPad is the new TV.
3rd party support is nice but it also helps if the core product doesn't kind of suck to begin with.
Despite of all of they hype and the media rooting for it, the iPad still has some inherent flaws.
It's nice that Apple has become the new Microsoft but not everyone wants to buy into that.
You are confusing some of the cogs with the system itself. The current model in use by the US is designed to create soldiers and factory workers and has been abandoned by the people we stole it from. The school system is far behind the times and ultimately is very destructive if it's successful. What it tries to achieve is badly out of step with the modern world.
"Forced education" is entirely unecessary.
Even in working class households it is quite customary to teach children to read even before they reach kindergarten.
The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree.
Doesn't matter how much you stick your fingers in your ears and try to babble.
> that adult stem cells have been studied significantly longer than embryonic stem cells. ...that doesn't address the question.
It also is a little circular given the suppression of research that has gone on in this area. The point also may be entirely irrelevant due to timing.
That's just focusing on the very tail end of the research process.
You still need to ask whether or not any of this could have happened at all without research he doesn't approve of over religious grounds that aren't even that well founded in doctrine to begin with. (thus the problem of embedding religious doctrine in public policy)
Android already does "wonderful things" when compared to Apple's approach.
Android is yet another version of Linux that doesn't need nor will benefit from blindly following Apple. It's far better to "think different" and actually represent a distinct choice that people choose for that distinctiveness.
> How many Android phone were sold to people who wanted an iPhone but couldn't get one?
Probably not so many.
If you really want an iPhone, you can just switch carriers. It's not really that big of a deal. The market simply isn't that limited.
There are multiple carriers and if you really want an iPhone that bad you can just switch.
I dumped my AT&T iPhone for one of their Samsung Android devices.
The shell script was really fun and all but it got old after awhile.
I like customizing PCs as much as the next guy but I prefer to avoid appliances that I need to hack.
With anyone else besides Apple in the market, a franken-tablet is somewhat redundant.
My criteria for a tablet is definitely must "replace my netbook" and also ideal should be able to "replace my Archos".
I want fewer devices, not more. Although there are some compromises I won't make. So some devices remain in my gadget bag despite of how over hyped certain devices might be.
A tablet is fine for very light use. Generally these are the people for whom you wonder why they even bother with a PC to begin with. These people are the real market for tablets. They are the people for which a PC is not really the right device.
The need a scooter rather than a real car.
A PC is not a truck. It's a sedan and a tablet is a scooter.
This is not even universal.
Not all religions require you to check your brain at the door. Not even all Xian denominations are the same in terms of being this mindless.
Darwin only scares a disproportionately noisy subset of the devoutly religious.
Everyone has the right to sue.
Clearly, some people have bought into all of the propaganda trying to convince everyone that this is a bad idea.
It's annoying but part of living in a free society.
I think a short history of science is a good way to start any biology course just so that the fundies don't get their collective panties in a bunch and realize how to approach scientific "truth". It's not like dogma. It's very fluid and you won't get burned at the stake for publically denouncing it.
Still have to be able to accurately describe it on an exam paper though. That's no burden. Nor would being able to accurately characterize Islam or Buhdism in a comparative religion course. An educated person needs to be able to understand the ideas of others on their own terms rather than through the lens of some personal bias.
This isn't about "objective truth". This is what a particular discipline or group of people accepts as true.
This is why creationism will rightfully be scorned in a biology class. You are not there to pretend it's Catechism class.
H*ll... once someone put the price hike into it's proper context I realized that even I personally would not change my buying habits over this. I am not going to go out and by 5 or 10 more drives today just because the price is going to go up something on the order of my local sales tax.
...that whole "digital magazine" thing has been done already.
It's called the Linux Gazette.
While it's been nice to have PDFs of the LJ, I am not happy to see the hard copy go away.
So? It still remains a relatively hostile environment for other operating systems (boot loader, partition format).
Whereas I can just take the Apple parts list, avoid using unnecessarily expensive laptop parts, and put them in a much more expandable chassis or even get something that's meant to be rack mounted.
Or I could just get the cheapest thing I can and forget about the Apple parts list if it's not really needed.
I have a bespoke box from a relatively obscure web vendor. I have had no reason to disparage it.
My Apple machines are another matter though.
Also have a Compaq that's been a real trooper oddly enough.
Companies that buy drives in bulk to put into storage servers don't care about this 5% when compared to the retail price of drives.
They are already paying an arm and a leg to have a certain company's brand name on it along with support and warranty assurances.
Actually, the exact reverse of what you are claiming will happen.
Everyone else in the world will have tapped out all of their resources and we will be left with ours. We will be left with our Oil and our Rare Earths because the EPA stuck it's nose in. When it matters, WE will be the ones that are self sufficient.
That's what happens when you plan ahead or consider something more than just the moment.
Sure, it's side effect the tree hugger's view of thinking ahead but it works out anyways.
Except in this case, the abortions happen automatically and without your knowledge and consent.
The only way to avoid them is to buy a farm and go live with the Amish.
...which is a vanishingly small set of what anyone would be interested in really.
If your set top box can't identify it, then it's likely not something that is worth monitoring or should be monitored.
Big Brother is really redundant here.