Perhaps, but not so much potential employers googling this guy's name in the future... From what I understand, his entire company was just him and his wife.
In any event, this is more about politicians than preachers.
I beg to differ, religion was politics before leaders had other means to control their people. How do you get the masses to obey the laws if you can't threaten them with immediate repercussions (law enforcement, imprisonment, capital punishment)? That's right - threaten them with unfathomable suffering should they not obey "thou shall not kill", "thou shall not steal" and so on. And nobody, but nobody likes to lose the control they once had over their followers.
Well, I don't want a computer without a keyboard and I'm sure the average./er probably has a couple PC's/laptops that have all sorts of gadgets and liquid cooling systems attached to them, but that didn't stop iPads from selling in millions. Smartphones were top-of-the-line until iPhone came around too. I think if Apple has anything below its belt, it's the proven ability to revolutionize something "unrevolutionizeable". I just hope there won't be more snotty "Hi, I'm an iTV. And I'm a Samsung..." commercials, or I swear I will snap.
Erm, you only upgrade if you want new features, no? If you don't want new features - you keep your old model... or whatever brand you had that didn't have these features to begin with, right? Same as MacBook users can chose to upgrade every year or so, or car owners can trade in for a new car. Don't see the dilemma here. It's not like new features are going to stop old models from working.
I was thinking more from Apple's perspective, as in "you jerks, here is a lawsuit to stop you from selling your tablets, and we hate you for your Galaxy S II phone commercial mocking iPhone users, but, uhm, please make some stuff for us".
Entire tablet market was DOA before Apple made the iPad... all they need is a selling point for the loyal customer base and a "wow factor" for the rest of the consumers and this will too be the next big thing. How about integrated Apple TV as we currently know it, direct connectivity to iTunes/Cloud content and complete wireless synchronization to the rest of your Apple devices... then throw-in kinect-like motion control and Siri-like voice commands and you've got yourself a newsmaker. They can do it, wouldn't be the first time.
P.S. This is not a "fanboy" post. I do not like Apple, their dastardly marketing and competitive practices and their limited functionality products, but you have to give it to them - they can pull off releasing a product into a DOA market.
Obviously, it will be the next generation of Apple TV, Apple TV S, where S stands for Screen. That, or these parts could be for a 32" and 37" iMac, perhaps with a TV tuner built in?
On a separate note, anybody else find it ironic that Apple gets Samsung to make parts for these, considering the competition (and subsequent patent war) they have in the smartphone and tablet market?
I also have a feeling that this is a marketing ploy. If they really had a concern with exposing minors to violence, they would put in an "if" statement in there to only display guns to those xbox users who are old enough to play videogames featuring said guns (controlling that would be up to parents correctly configuring parental controls). Seems like a moneygrab to me.
I don't make anything Warner makes, I won't make an infringing movie, I will just post clips of theirs on YouTube... I think we both know how that would end. But regardless, this has got to be embarrassing for Warner - multibillion movie giant can't afford to rent a real LV bag for the movie shoot?
iPhone and Android are ripe for played-out cultural saturation, just like Facebook.
Right, that makes sense, I'm sure MySpace didn't fail because it was replaced by something better - surely it happened because people got tired of it. Same goes for BlackBerry. And Yahoo.
Slashdot Mirror
I propose that Slashdot generates statistics of exactly how many posts it takes for every topic to turn into political, racial or Apple bashing.
lol?
You should have sent an email to Penny Arcade :)
Perhaps, but not so much potential employers googling this guy's name in the future... From what I understand, his entire company was just him and his wife.
No, it's just the steroid rage; apparently the guy also plagiarized his entire website and faked his industry credentials.
Is it me or is Ocean Marketing website now down and with its reputation buried on WOT?
going over the heads of hardware vendors to meet the needs of consumers and application developers does not work in the phone market
Say what? Hello, Apple? Seems to be working for them, last time I checked.
In any event, this is more about politicians than preachers.
I beg to differ, religion was politics before leaders had other means to control their people. How do you get the masses to obey the laws if you can't threaten them with immediate repercussions (law enforcement, imprisonment, capital punishment)? That's right - threaten them with unfathomable suffering should they not obey "thou shall not kill", "thou shall not steal" and so on. And nobody, but nobody likes to lose the control they once had over their followers.
Well, I don't want a computer without a keyboard and I'm sure the average ./er probably has a couple PC's/laptops that have all sorts of gadgets and liquid cooling systems attached to them, but that didn't stop iPads from selling in millions. Smartphones were top-of-the-line until iPhone came around too. I think if Apple has anything below its belt, it's the proven ability to revolutionize something "unrevolutionizeable". I just hope there won't be more snotty "Hi, I'm an iTV. And I'm a Samsung..." commercials, or I swear I will snap.
Erm, you only upgrade if you want new features, no? If you don't want new features - you keep your old model... or whatever brand you had that didn't have these features to begin with, right? Same as MacBook users can chose to upgrade every year or so, or car owners can trade in for a new car. Don't see the dilemma here. It's not like new features are going to stop old models from working.
I was thinking more from Apple's perspective, as in "you jerks, here is a lawsuit to stop you from selling your tablets, and we hate you for your Galaxy S II phone commercial mocking iPhone users, but, uhm, please make some stuff for us".
Didn't you see, it will be only 32"/37" - patented flailing-reducing technology
*You'll have to wait for the next version for the channel switching functionality, but it will also add a ham radio so it's ok :)
Oh yeah? Wanna bet that it will use Thunderbolt?
Entire tablet market was DOA before Apple made the iPad... all they need is a selling point for the loyal customer base and a "wow factor" for the rest of the consumers and this will too be the next big thing. How about integrated Apple TV as we currently know it, direct connectivity to iTunes/Cloud content and complete wireless synchronization to the rest of your Apple devices... then throw-in kinect-like motion control and Siri-like voice commands and you've got yourself a newsmaker. They can do it, wouldn't be the first time.
P.S. This is not a "fanboy" post. I do not like Apple, their dastardly marketing and competitive practices and their limited functionality products, but you have to give it to them - they can pull off releasing a product into a DOA market.
Obviously, it will be the next generation of Apple TV, Apple TV S, where S stands for Screen. That, or these parts could be for a 32" and 37" iMac, perhaps with a TV tuner built in?
On a separate note, anybody else find it ironic that Apple gets Samsung to make parts for these, considering the competition (and subsequent patent war) they have in the smartphone and tablet market?
I also have a feeling that this is a marketing ploy. If they really had a concern with exposing minors to violence, they would put in an "if" statement in there to only display guns to those xbox users who are old enough to play videogames featuring said guns (controlling that would be up to parents correctly configuring parental controls). Seems like a moneygrab to me.
Screw BASIC, someone port Autohotkey to mobile platforms!
I don't make anything Warner makes, I won't make an infringing movie, I will just post clips of theirs on YouTube... I think we both know how that would end. But regardless, this has got to be embarrassing for Warner - multibillion movie giant can't afford to rent a real LV bag for the movie shoot?
iPads are iConic? How iRonic! :P
Also, I assume this can work with TV screen off?
I guess so you can host an always-on exit node, without having to keep your laptop on? Can this do exit nodes?
My guess is - he isn't married?
Also, this has a 5Mp camera. What is this, a BlackBerry?!
iPhone and Android are ripe for played-out cultural saturation, just like Facebook.
Right, that makes sense, I'm sure MySpace didn't fail because it was replaced by something better - surely it happened because people got tired of it. Same goes for BlackBerry. And Yahoo.