Well... I will like (and buy) a tablet where I can install and use Paint Shop Pro 7 (yep, is old) without emulation and can use my finger or a stylus to draw, and be capable of using Miranda IM without ugly hacks. Applications my friend, applications.
P.S: I know that I can have simmilar applications on Android or iPad... But I really, really do not like the idea of "happy walled garden" with pseudoapplications ("apps" in html/javascript? WTF), sorry.
What you expect from a flamewar? But what particularly bothers me is reading comments like "Apple is the leading innovator in the universe" (which is a lie) marked +5 Insightful or +5 informative. I can not decide which is worse: The ludicrous patent war or fanboys openly supporting the fraudulent practices of the Apple (a little more and it will process even Leonardo da Vinci for stealing their "innovations").
"...All of Apple's so called competitors (Samsung, HTC, others) as) are all non-American Companies anyway have clearly stolen/copied many aspects of Apple's technology."
Uhh... I like to know what thing you are smoking, is very strong!:)
I never see in so many years a mass attack of Apple fanboys mad and angry like this on Slashdot... And also I never seen such a catastrophic failure of the moderation system to see so many comments from Apple fanboys having "+5 Insightful" in fact they are complete and total garbage.
Make a reasonable price, make easy to pay (paypal?), make easy to buy/download, do not annoy me with DRM or "you must be on to play" and I will buy the game. Is so difficult?
There are critical activities in which you can not accept faults, and wireless is very problematic in this regard. Wireless is useful, but where you can not take risks with interference is best to cut the root problem by using cabling (oe even better, shielded cabling) than trying to circumvent the problem of interference with complex solutions.
Well, a x-ray beam can cause very bizarre bugs on electronics, if are strong enought (or the device do not have proper shielding)... If the bean is strong (or the device is very sensitive), you can even fry the electronics
Java is a dead end if you need performance, especially in a resources-limited device like a smartphone. The way out is to use native code, as the people that used Assembler in critical parts of the old DOS games.
Well, You described more or less a SNES (a handful of specialized chips working together). The problem is that the software would have to be aware of this way of working, or the CPU would have to be able to find out for yourself what the user is willing to do.
Maybe yes, maybe not. As a example, is difficult to get my "M.A.X." (a old DOS game) working on a emulator, most of then crashes or have some spurious error. A bigger and more complex, critical software running on emulator? I do not like the idea.
The problem is not who is better... The problem is try to port your "legacy", big and very expensive x86 code because some "genius" decided to simply drop the legacy support on the hardware. Especially when you have a tight deadline to meet and the system can not stop
You forget too easily that many people depend on this legacy code to run software of thousands or even millions of dollars. Not because your desktop in your mom basement no longer need it so that the mankind did not need anymore too.
Almost all Linux video editing packages with a GUI are crap (as most Linux GUI applications), is not a useful example. And this occurs most because the video developers do not care about the average non-developer user.
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Well... I will like (and buy) a tablet where I can install and use Paint Shop Pro 7 (yep, is old) without emulation and can use my finger or a stylus to draw, and be capable of using Miranda IM without ugly hacks. Applications my friend, applications.
P.S: I know that I can have simmilar applications on Android or iPad... But I really, really do not like the idea of "happy walled garden" with pseudoapplications ("apps" in html/javascript? WTF), sorry.
What you expect from a flamewar? But what particularly bothers me is reading comments like "Apple is the leading innovator in the universe" (which is a lie) marked +5 Insightful or +5 informative. I can not decide which is worse: The ludicrous patent war or fanboys openly supporting the fraudulent practices of the Apple (a little more and it will process even Leonardo da Vinci for stealing their "innovations").
"...All of Apple's so called competitors (Samsung, HTC, others) as) are all non-American Companies anyway have clearly stolen/copied many aspects of Apple's technology."
:)
Uhh... I like to know what thing you are smoking, is very strong!
I never see in so many years a mass attack of Apple fanboys mad and angry like this on Slashdot ... And also I never seen such a catastrophic failure of the moderation system to see so many comments from Apple fanboys having "+5 Insightful" in fact they are complete and total garbage.
I think the same thing
Yep. And I think we maybe have the fatty finger of Apple on this investigation request...
You cannot rely on internet connectivity. Specially when the content to delivery have many GBs.
I think a simple goggles is better. Sunglasses with HUD, here I come!
"This is a basic intelligence test for SCOTUS"
We are doomed...
I think it's time to put a stop to it. And it will not using the courts or lawyers.
Someone mod this guy up, please
Make a reasonable price, make easy to pay (paypal?), make easy to buy/download, do not annoy me with DRM or "you must be on to play" and I will buy the game. Is so difficult?
There are critical activities in which you can not accept faults, and wireless is very problematic in this regard. Wireless is useful, but where you can not take risks with interference is best to cut the root problem by using cabling (oe even better, shielded cabling) than trying to circumvent the problem of interference with complex solutions.
The right tool to the right job. If the problem is simple and you can use a simple solution to then, why using a complex solution?
Do not use wireless devices. Use cable connections in all that is possible.
... "I'm back"?
Well, a x-ray beam can cause very bizarre bugs on electronics, if are strong enought (or the device do not have proper shielding)... If the bean is strong (or the device is very sensitive), you can even fry the electronics
Java is a dead end if you need performance, especially in a resources-limited device like a smartphone. The way out is to use native code, as the people that used Assembler in critical parts of the old DOS games.
Well, You described more or less a SNES (a handful of specialized chips working together). The problem is that the software would have to be aware of this way of working, or the CPU would have to be able to find out for yourself what the user is willing to do.
Maybe yes, maybe not. As a example, is difficult to get my "M.A.X." (a old DOS game) working on a emulator, most of then crashes or have some spurious error. A bigger and more complex, critical software running on emulator? I do not like the idea.
The problem is not who is better... The problem is try to port your "legacy", big and very expensive x86 code because some "genius" decided to simply drop the legacy support on the hardware. Especially when you have a tight deadline to meet and the system can not stop
You forget too easily that many people depend on this legacy code to run software of thousands or even millions of dollars. Not because your desktop in your mom basement no longer need it so that the mankind did not need anymore too.
LOL!
And Mad Scientists (like me) uses Slackware
Almost all Linux video editing packages with a GUI are crap (as most Linux GUI applications), is not a useful example. And this occurs most because the video developers do not care about the average non-developer user.