You'd think the simple "sealed box" that an iPad is would be easy to manage.... apparently not. Apple also hasn't figured out that multiple people use iDevices and offers zero multi-user functionality.
Easy solution to Microsoft's ills, get rid of Ballmer. I'm surprised it hasn't happened already as MS has been in decline since Gates left. While Gates had his critics, at least he had some vision.
They make laptops without SD card slots these days? The closest I could find that meets those specs is the Thinkpad x230 but even then the screen is 12.5".
I'd say most of Google's projects don't cost them much to run, mostly because they don't have to support it. Google isn't known for having decent customer support, even for paying customers.
I wasn't particularly a fan of teachers that refused to give class notes/outlines to students, Many times it was the ONLY material that would be on the tests and copying stuff off those scribbles they drew on an overhead projector or chalk/dry erase board was painful. When it came time to study, those who didn't have the notes perfectly written down were in a bit of a bind.
I had a professor that allowed cheat sheets on exams. The requirements were that it was a letter sized sheet maximum and hand written. Turns out it was an indirect way to force everyone to read the materials (books and provided lecture outlines), filter out the cruft, and write down the important bits. Students in his class learned and retained more material making cheat sheets then by taking traditional notes. If you give something that appears to be a reward or bonus (a cheat sheet), people tend to put more incentive into doing the work.
The only exception I've seen to this is AP test credits. Even those can be hard to "redeem" at some schools. Meanwhile, there are schools that will give you credit for verified life experience in various areas.
It doesn't matter. A friend of mine taught at a private non-profit accredited university for many years. Despite basically giving the entire class the answers to a test in the form of a pre-test review, they all managed to fail the test. The school brass put pressure on him to pass at least some of the students. This was after spoon feeding them a test that even his wife was able to pass (who has zero college level education and zero knowledge of the field the test covered).
At that point, textbooks basically become a reference. That was the case for most of my college courses. Even if I wanted to use them to actually learn something, many of them were so horribly written. I had to look up the "how-to" elsewhere. By college, learning should be self directed anyway. Metrics such as "how many pages read" or even class attendance shouldn't factor into grading at all (ridiculous in the age of distant learning courses).
A similar problem happened recently here in NJ, but with a chain store. They were taxing for things like packaged coffee beans, which are considered food ingredients.
What is it about video editing hardware that professionals accept the fact that they are constantly crashing and are generally unstable? I have been using capture hardware since 1999 or so, and its the same story. The hardware drivers and the capture interfaces are unstable and generally suck. It still hasn't changed (see any Black Magic Design product). Granted the editors have matured quite a bit. Premiere 6.x was pretty bad and managed to drive many people to FCP.
I'm surprised nobody has made a serious attempt to use AviSynth as a back end to a video editor. Its pretty powerful in terms of filters and effects and generally works once you figure out how to use it. Sounds like the same story with most of the open source editors.
Snapper was acquired by Briggs and Stratton in 2004. Briggs was their primary motor supplier for many years, so its not surprising. I don';t know how they market Snapper branded products though as they have their own line of products.
Knowing Samsung, they'll release a x.1 Android ROM upgrade for it a year after it comes out and then EOL the device. It happens way too often with these phones.
Check out Stardock's new program ModernMix. It lets you run Metro apps in a window complete with close, minimize, and maximize widgets. Plus they show up on the taskbar. Makes multitasking possible again... you know the original point of Windows. Too bad it costs money, this should have been built into the OS! http://www.stardock.com/products/modernmix/
Michael J. Fox actually looks pretty good. Better than he looked at "47" in BTTF2. Christopher Lloyd said he'd do the Doc Brown part again if asked too.
I'll even admit here that I've been enough of an asshole to intentionally avoid bringing up how I blame Milo for starting this evil bulls#it when we was running things in the cable modem arena at his prior job with @Home.
We all know how that ended up. (Former @Home customer)
Broadband speeds actually declined a good part of the 90s-00s here. In 1997 I started out with a 10Mbit/1Mbit connection from Comcast@Home. In 2001 when @Home went bankrupt and Comcast took over internet operations, the speed was 1.5Mbit/384Kbit... all for the same price. I won't get into how lousy latency and up time became with them. There were some speed increases, but Comcast didn't match their initial 1997 speed and prices until Verizon Fios came to town in these parts.
You will likely see more "exclusive" releases at online music stores. Its already popular in the EDM scene. In a way, Apple, Google etc. already fill the purpose of a large label. They take care of distribution and retailing for the most part.
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You'd think the simple "sealed box" that an iPad is would be easy to manage.... apparently not. Apple also hasn't figured out that multiple people use iDevices and offers zero multi-user functionality.
Many automatics, CVTs, and all hybrids (via regen braking) will hold onto a lower gear downhill in newer cars.
The grocery store has already laid out in an optimized route for you, one that optimizes their profit. No fancy technology needed.
Easy solution to Microsoft's ills, get rid of Ballmer. I'm surprised it hasn't happened already as MS has been in decline since Gates left. While Gates had his critics, at least he had some vision.
2000 was out 1.5 years before XP. That was 1.5 years less of dealing with crashy Windows 98 for most people.
They make laptops without SD card slots these days? The closest I could find that meets those specs is the Thinkpad x230 but even then the screen is 12.5".
I'd say most of Google's projects don't cost them much to run, mostly because they don't have to support it. Google isn't known for having decent customer support, even for paying customers.
Sounds similar to how rounded rectangles landed up in QuickDraw. Note that the developer mostly worked from home: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_Everywhere.txt
I wasn't particularly a fan of teachers that refused to give class notes/outlines to students, Many times it was the ONLY material that would be on the tests and copying stuff off those scribbles they drew on an overhead projector or chalk/dry erase board was painful. When it came time to study, those who didn't have the notes perfectly written down were in a bit of a bind.
I had a professor that allowed cheat sheets on exams. The requirements were that it was a letter sized sheet maximum and hand written. Turns out it was an indirect way to force everyone to read the materials (books and provided lecture outlines), filter out the cruft, and write down the important bits. Students in his class learned and retained more material making cheat sheets then by taking traditional notes. If you give something that appears to be a reward or bonus (a cheat sheet), people tend to put more incentive into doing the work.
The only exception I've seen to this is AP test credits. Even those can be hard to "redeem" at some schools. Meanwhile, there are schools that will give you credit for verified life experience in various areas.
It doesn't matter. A friend of mine taught at a private non-profit accredited university for many years. Despite basically giving the entire class the answers to a test in the form of a pre-test review, they all managed to fail the test. The school brass put pressure on him to pass at least some of the students. This was after spoon feeding them a test that even his wife was able to pass (who has zero college level education and zero knowledge of the field the test covered).
At that point, textbooks basically become a reference. That was the case for most of my college courses. Even if I wanted to use them to actually learn something, many of them were so horribly written. I had to look up the "how-to" elsewhere. By college, learning should be self directed anyway. Metrics such as "how many pages read" or even class attendance shouldn't factor into grading at all (ridiculous in the age of distant learning courses).
A similar problem happened recently here in NJ, but with a chain store. They were taxing for things like packaged coffee beans, which are considered food ingredients.
What is it about video editing hardware that professionals accept the fact that they are constantly crashing and are generally unstable? I have been using capture hardware since 1999 or so, and its the same story. The hardware drivers and the capture interfaces are unstable and generally suck. It still hasn't changed (see any Black Magic Design product). Granted the editors have matured quite a bit. Premiere 6.x was pretty bad and managed to drive many people to FCP.
I'm surprised nobody has made a serious attempt to use AviSynth as a back end to a video editor. Its pretty powerful in terms of filters and effects and generally works once you figure out how to use it. Sounds like the same story with most of the open source editors.
Snapper was acquired by Briggs and Stratton in 2004. Briggs was their primary motor supplier for many years, so its not surprising. I don';t know how they market Snapper branded products though as they have their own line of products.
I seem to have no problem finding knowledge base articles for old versions of Windows buried on their site. Heck, I even found a few for OS/2 1.x!
Knowing Samsung, they'll release a x.1 Android ROM upgrade for it a year after it comes out and then EOL the device. It happens way too often with these phones.
I guess the S3 doesn't have a wireless charge back available for it? My old and lowly Galaxy S Droid Charge even has one available.
Check out Stardock's new program ModernMix. It lets you run Metro apps in a window complete with close, minimize, and maximize widgets. Plus they show up on the taskbar. Makes multitasking possible again... you know the original point of Windows. Too bad it costs money, this should have been built into the OS! http://www.stardock.com/products/modernmix/
Michael J. Fox actually looks pretty good. Better than he looked at "47" in BTTF2. Christopher Lloyd said he'd do the Doc Brown part again if asked too.
GPU acceleration might come in handy if you do any sort of video editing.
I'll even admit here that I've been enough of an asshole to intentionally avoid bringing up how I blame Milo for starting this evil bulls#it when we was running things in the cable modem arena at his prior job with @Home.
We all know how that ended up.
(Former @Home customer)
Broadband speeds actually declined a good part of the 90s-00s here. In 1997 I started out with a 10Mbit/1Mbit connection from Comcast@Home. In 2001 when @Home went bankrupt and Comcast took over internet operations, the speed was 1.5Mbit/384Kbit... all for the same price. I won't get into how lousy latency and up time became with them. There were some speed increases, but Comcast didn't match their initial 1997 speed and prices until Verizon Fios came to town in these parts.
You will likely see more "exclusive" releases at online music stores. Its already popular in the EDM scene. In a way, Apple, Google etc. already fill the purpose of a large label. They take care of distribution and retailing for the most part.