God damn you're a fucking retard. Fortunately, the invisible hand of capitalism is smarter than you and everybody who did what you want went bankrupt. Because it's a stupid idea. Use a pen and paper, you cum-burping mouth-breather.
Right. I'm a retard because I want a device that would allow me to take all my notes, drawings, diagrams, etc. and store them for me and be able to OCR them into PDFs as well as carry an entire library of books, provide access to information via the web and all in a small enough form factor that makes it very easy to carry around.
If your going to insult someone at least have the balls to not do it as an AC.
Sure. Draw making a sketch or drawing in class with a keyboard. By the time you are done recreating the diagram your prof drew, he/she has already moved on through 2 other topics.
Look at the nubs on those stylus pens. They are too thick. It would be like taking notes by using the tip of your finger. They do not allow for the finer control and thinner lines that you get with a pen (or pencil) on a piece of paper.
Watched the WritePad demo. I've seen other software by other vendors. They are all the same. Again, you don't get the fine control like you do on paper with a pen.
What I'm talking about is being able to write more the 4 words on the iPad before you have to refresh the screen for a new blank area to write. Something where you can take detailed notes and make drawings, edits, etc. like with paper. Apple (and third party vendors) are not able to reproduce the "paper" experience with the iPad and I think that is a major shortcoming of the device.
My opinion only but I think Apple dropped the ball with the iPad again. Why not provide a stylus and an app that would make the iPad behave like electronic paper. You could take notes in class, in meetings, draw tech diagrams, etc? Have it do OCR on whatever you write and have it produce a typed document (PDF) and keep the original handwritten work as well.
University is not about job training. If employers are honestly expecting a recent graduate to be able to step in and run a department they are delusional.
In some cases, the opposite almost seems to be happening with BBC America. Less British stuff, and strangely more Sci Fi. You've got Doctor Who, Torchwood and Primeval, but then strangely you also have ST:TNG and the X-Files.
Doctor Who, Torchwood and Primeval are all British stuff.
The article says that paleolithic hammers are still being made. Maybe. But are they being made to be used as tools or are they being made to demonstrate early techniques that we (humans) no longer use? What about clovis tools? Sure, there are scientists still making them in their fields to demonstrate the techniques that were used, but you don't see a group of people running across the plains with their clovis point weapons chasing a herd of animals.
That said. What about 8-track tapes? Sure, magnetic tape is still used in one form or another but are 8-tracks still used anywhere? Are they still being manufactured?
This has been happening for years. Long before the Conservatives wrestle the country away from the Liberals. Just take a look at the state of the Canadian cell phone market. Makes me want to move to another country in Asia or Europe where I can get fiber pulled right to my door for half of what Bell or Rogers charges for copper here.
As a result, people aren't as impressed by fancy computer graphics as they used to be, and they notice that "hey, this story line and acting is pretty lame.
I've seen lots of bad movies and panned them on IMDB only to be rebuffed by people that think it was "The BEST movies Ever!!!11!!!". Current example, Skyline, which is one giant CGI fest with zero plot, bad acting, and cardboard characters. I think too many movies these days are relying on the F/X instead of the story.
Also, I saw Tron when it first came out. It bored me to tears. I will not be suffering through Tron: Legacy.
I find it interesting that you find it more comfortable to reach up with your little fingers to hit the 2 and the 0 keys. To do that I have to pivot my hands so that my little fingers swing up and in to hit those keys. I find it a lot more comfortable, natural, and faster to hit the 2 and the 0 with my ringer fingers. All I do is reach up with the ring fingers, no pivoting of my hands.
One opportunity for automotive marketers and startups is the emerging business of supplying drivetones, the automotive equivalent of cell-phone ringtones. Want your green car to rev like a Ferrari or BMW? Just buy the right drivetone and crank up the exterior volume.
Wonderful. Not only do we currently have morons that think they need to put those large, echoing mufflers on their crappy little Nissan's even more morons are going to go out and buy these things and crank them up to 11.
How about instead of legislating more noise, they legislate an automatic system be built into the vehicle that brings it to a safe stop when it detects something in front of it? That or we keep the cars quiet and allow Darwin to do his job and cull the herd.
I received an e-mail of the latest version of this scam a couple of months ago. This time it was a US Marine trying to get money out of Iraq. After laughing at the idiocy of this I was joking with some friends that "Yeah, I bet the US government would like to get money out of Iraq too. Maybe this Marine should contact them.":P
Cut out the filler crap. I mean all that crud of them using the stones and going back to visit their wives, moms, lovers, etc. I record the episodes specifically so that when I watch I can fast forward through that boring dramatic garbage that adds NOTHING to the story.
Facebook has changed the way people use the Internet, much like Youtube and Google did in the past.
Horse pucky. Facebook changed nothing. Yes, a lot of people use it but what it does has been done before. Saying "it changed the way people use the Internet" is like saying "touch tone changed the way people used telephones" (compared to rotary dial). People still called one another, they just pressed buttons instead of jamming their fingers in the rotary dial holes.
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God damn you're a fucking retard. Fortunately, the invisible hand of capitalism is smarter than you and everybody who did what you want went bankrupt. Because it's a stupid idea. Use a pen and paper, you cum-burping mouth-breather.
Right. I'm a retard because I want a device that would allow me to take all my notes, drawings, diagrams, etc. and store them for me and be able to OCR them into PDFs as well as carry an entire library of books, provide access to information via the web and all in a small enough form factor that makes it very easy to carry around.
If your going to insult someone at least have the balls to not do it as an AC.
Sure. Draw making a sketch or drawing in class with a keyboard. By the time you are done recreating the diagram your prof drew, he/she has already moved on through 2 other topics.
What I want is basically electronic paper.
Look at the nubs on those stylus pens. They are too thick. It would be like taking notes by using the tip of your finger. They do not allow for the finer control and thinner lines that you get with a pen (or pencil) on a piece of paper.
Watched the WritePad demo. I've seen other software by other vendors. They are all the same. Again, you don't get the fine control like you do on paper with a pen.
What I'm talking about is being able to write more the 4 words on the iPad before you have to refresh the screen for a new blank area to write. Something where you can take detailed notes and make drawings, edits, etc. like with paper. Apple (and third party vendors) are not able to reproduce the "paper" experience with the iPad and I think that is a major shortcoming of the device.
My opinion only but I think Apple dropped the ball with the iPad again. Why not provide a stylus and an app that would make the iPad behave like electronic paper. You could take notes in class, in meetings, draw tech diagrams, etc? Have it do OCR on whatever you write and have it produce a typed document (PDF) and keep the original handwritten work as well.
They disassembled only one macbook and draw these conclusions?
If they pulled five apart and all had the same problems, then sure. But come on.
University is not about job training. If employers are honestly expecting a recent graduate to be able to step in and run a department they are delusional.
In some cases, the opposite almost seems to be happening with BBC America. Less British stuff, and strangely more Sci Fi. You've got Doctor Who, Torchwood and Primeval, but then strangely you also have ST:TNG and the X-Files.
Doctor Who, Torchwood and Primeval are all British stuff.
All this vampire crap is diluting what the fantasy section at the local bookstore used to be.
Sorry but teen romance in the guise of sparkly vampires is NOT fantasy.
I've completely given up even browsing the fantasy section at bookstores now due to this.
Bad enough it was bought by AMD but to wind up being owned by Dell? Blech.
Exactly!
Everyone thinks it is funny when it is a girl but if it was a guy he'd be under arrest by now.
The article says that paleolithic hammers are still being made. Maybe. But are they being made to be used as tools or are they being made to demonstrate early techniques that we (humans) no longer use? What about clovis tools? Sure, there are scientists still making them in their fields to demonstrate the techniques that were used, but you don't see a group of people running across the plains with their clovis point weapons chasing a herd of animals.
That said. What about 8-track tapes? Sure, magnetic tape is still used in one form or another but are 8-tracks still used anywhere? Are they still being manufactured?
Again, how finely are we splitting hairs here?
Came to post exactly that. Tren Micro has just proven that as a tech company they don't even understand basic security.
Switch to where? Bell and Rogers aren't any cheaper.
This has been happening for years. Long before the Conservatives wrestle the country away from the Liberals. Just take a look at the state of the Canadian cell phone market. Makes me want to move to another country in Asia or Europe where I can get fiber pulled right to my door for half of what Bell or Rogers charges for copper here.
Steam works on Mac now, with a fair number of games available. But he probably didn't think to look there when writing this crappy article.
As a result, people aren't as impressed by fancy computer graphics as they used to be, and they notice that "hey, this story line and acting is pretty lame.
I've seen lots of bad movies and panned them on IMDB only to be rebuffed by people that think it was "The BEST movies Ever!!!11!!!". Current example, Skyline, which is one giant CGI fest with zero plot, bad acting, and cardboard characters. I think too many movies these days are relying on the F/X instead of the story.
Also, I saw Tron when it first came out. It bored me to tears. I will not be suffering through Tron: Legacy.
I find it interesting that you find it more comfortable to reach up with your little fingers to hit the 2 and the 0 keys. To do that I have to pivot my hands so that my little fingers swing up and in to hit those keys. I find it a lot more comfortable, natural, and faster to hit the 2 and the 0 with my ringer fingers. All I do is reach up with the ring fingers, no pivoting of my hands.
Put mirrors on your bike and use them.
One opportunity for automotive marketers and startups is the emerging business of supplying drivetones, the automotive equivalent of cell-phone ringtones. Want your green car to rev like a Ferrari or BMW? Just buy the right drivetone and crank up the exterior volume.
Wonderful. Not only do we currently have morons that think they need to put those large, echoing mufflers on their crappy little Nissan's even more morons are going to go out and buy these things and crank them up to 11.
How about instead of legislating more noise, they legislate an automatic system be built into the vehicle that brings it to a safe stop when it detects something in front of it? That or we keep the cars quiet and allow Darwin to do his job and cull the herd.
Even better than this. I'm at home. There is a single ethernet cable directly between my computer and my router.
This affects me how? It doesn't.
I received an e-mail of the latest version of this scam a couple of months ago. This time it was a US Marine trying to get money out of Iraq. After laughing at the idiocy of this I was joking with some friends that "Yeah, I bet the US government would like to get money out of Iraq too. Maybe this Marine should contact them." :P
Cut out the filler crap. I mean all that crud of them using the stones and going back to visit their wives, moms, lovers, etc. I record the episodes specifically so that when I watch I can fast forward through that boring dramatic garbage that adds NOTHING to the story.
Facebook has changed the way people use the Internet, much like Youtube and Google did in the past.
Horse pucky. Facebook changed nothing. Yes, a lot of people use it but what it does has been done before. Saying "it changed the way people use the Internet" is like saying "touch tone changed the way people used telephones" (compared to rotary dial). People still called one another, they just pressed buttons instead of jamming their fingers in the rotary dial holes.
[quote]People are now empowered at a scale *never before seen* to communicate directly with each other.[/quote]
I think the telephone network (cellular and landline) puts the "scale of Facebook" to complete shame.
I guess you either had a bad Sun Rep or bad luck. I never had a problem getting a quote from ours in a timely manner.