I wonder, were they avoiding text because text were not relevant, or because it was too cumbersome on the pad?
Try it before assuming that text is cumbersome. It's not.
Very practical. When a table is taken, you press a button, get a fresh sheet of wine menu, and puts it on the table when you greet/seat people together with the welcome snacks. Much better than having to log around a 'pad, and you can leave the paper with the customer without fear of someone stealing the menu, if they want to peruse the list a bit. I know what I would pick:)
Wow, what a waste of paper & ink. Besides, that would really alienate a vocal minority. I do see the theft argument though, I've had those thoughts myself. I wonder how they manage that. I'd assume that there's some anti-theft device, like the alarms at supermarkets.
'pads, on the other hand, just seems like a notepad with a touchscreen instead of a keyboard.
Precisely. And that makes them pretty awesome. My students love them.
Do not blame Mozilla because you are too lazy or don't care enough to unzip the addon, open the config file, and change the max version number yourself.
Wait a minute. This is a change to improve usability and you're proposing that end users be expected to recode their module config files? I DON'T THINK THAT PASSES THE AUNT TILLY TEST, BRO!
So nice of you to be a dick about a joke, especially after ragging on someone else about that same thing right in this same thread. You might want to do something about that anger issue of yours. And learn how to spell and capitalize.
And what exactly are the logistics for this sort of "DOS attack"?
For each of your little logic bombs (lol) you'll hit exactly ONE computer. Or if you're crazy lucky, you might start some office worker's desk on fire. ZOMG. Do you really think that this is a reasonable vector to launch any sort of real attack? Yeah, I thought so.
(Corollary, it could indeed be the focal point of a social engineering attack. Set off the fire alarms and do your nefarious deeds in the ensuring chaos. Somehow I don't think that altogether too likely either.)
And on the other hand, I've stopped to help scores of people. I've lost count, maybe 50-60? I've never had anything other than heartfelt and genuine thanks and offers of money and...other things.
I drove one lady and her 5 year old granddaughter 50 miles to the nearest town in the middle of August and they both looked like they were approaching heat stroke. I should have let the police handle that? By the time the cops got there, they'd have ridden into town in an ambulance.
I repaired an old guy's alternator for him and jump started his car and got him back on the road with instructions to visit a mechanic asap. He didn't have money for a tow truck. Do you think that a police officer would have been able to help him?
In short, your cynical attitude is pretty fucked up. I understand your fear, based on your experience, but realize that the stats say exactly the opposite of what you're saying. Most people are good people. The price of being a cynical bastard is living a constant state of fear, which would suck in itself, and the fact that if you ever need help and other people have the same attitude, you're fucked.
I'd rather take the risk of a situation turning bad. If I see you on the side of the road, I'll stop and help. I'd appreciate the favor being returned, but won't hold it against you if not.
But then again, my OS isn't fucking retarded either and doesn't automatically execute code found on a flash drive. Or do you mean be a real dick and cut open the drive and solder the power & ground together to make a short when plugged in? That's simple assholery, since the logistics of mounting such a "DOS attack" are astronomically infeasible. Being afraid of a USB drive is about as sensible as all those idiotic stories about dollar bills being laced with LSD and dropped on the sidewalk to get your ass hooked.
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So you need an adapter either way. Why again is this a fault of the iPad?
I wonder, were they avoiding text because text were not relevant, or because it was too cumbersome on the pad?
Try it before assuming that text is cumbersome. It's not.
Very practical. When a table is taken, you press a button, get a fresh sheet of wine menu, and puts it on the table when you greet/seat people together with the welcome snacks. Much better than having to log around a 'pad, and you can leave the paper with the customer without fear of someone stealing the menu, if they want to peruse the list a bit. I know what I would pick :)
Wow, what a waste of paper & ink. Besides, that would really alienate a vocal minority. I do see the theft argument though, I've had those thoughts myself. I wonder how they manage that. I'd assume that there's some anti-theft device, like the alarms at supermarkets.
'pads, on the other hand, just seems like a notepad with a touchscreen instead of a keyboard.
Precisely. And that makes them pretty awesome. My students love them.
Who's talking about a laptop? If you want a laptop.... buy a laptop.
Now I task the Slashdot collective with this question: How do we as geeks, nerds, and savvy consumers become "The Target Market
Quite simply. You spend enough money for someone to notice you.
I find it a feature. Flash is one of the first things I disable upon installing a browser.
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/06/firefox-update-policy-the-enterprise-is-wrong-not-mozilla.ars
Also, your sig is cracking me up. I bet you were foaming at the mouth when you typed it.
You're both taking his quote entirely out of context. Go read what he actually said in the enterprise post and you'll see that he's right then.
Now? Different story. WTF is he thinking?
Do not blame Mozilla because you are too lazy or don't care enough to unzip the addon, open the config file, and change the max version number yourself.
Wait a minute. This is a change to improve usability and you're proposing that end users be expected to recode their module config files? I DON'T THINK THAT PASSES THE AUNT TILLY TEST, BRO!
If you have to ask, then you're going to be in a world of hurt.
You're ok as long as you remember: shiny side out.
His google accounts quit working. How the FUCK does that "brick" his phone and require a factory reset?
Hint: It doesn't and the blogger is talking out of his ass.
did you accidentally the whole thing?
OMG who's next? Hide your children, lock up your wife! Or your dog, whatever.
To get stuffed. That is all.
So nice of you to be a dick about a joke, especially after ragging on someone else about that same thing right in this same thread. You might want to do something about that anger issue of yours. And learn how to spell and capitalize.
lolwat?
No, that'd be XFree86. Upgrade to Xorg already, sucker.
And what exactly are the logistics for this sort of "DOS attack"?
For each of your little logic bombs (lol) you'll hit exactly ONE computer. Or if you're crazy lucky, you might start some office worker's desk on fire. ZOMG. Do you really think that this is a reasonable vector to launch any sort of real attack? Yeah, I thought so.
(Corollary, it could indeed be the focal point of a social engineering attack. Set off the fire alarms and do your nefarious deeds in the ensuring chaos. Somehow I don't think that altogether too likely either.)
You know what? Fuck that. [...] The bad guys haven't made me bitter and fearful yet, I'm not going to let them do it now.
You speak truth.
And on the other hand, I've stopped to help scores of people. I've lost count, maybe 50-60? I've never had anything other than heartfelt and genuine thanks and offers of money and ...other things.
I drove one lady and her 5 year old granddaughter 50 miles to the nearest town in the middle of August and they both looked like they were approaching heat stroke. I should have let the police handle that? By the time the cops got there, they'd have ridden into town in an ambulance.
I repaired an old guy's alternator for him and jump started his car and got him back on the road with instructions to visit a mechanic asap. He didn't have money for a tow truck. Do you think that a police officer would have been able to help him?
In short, your cynical attitude is pretty fucked up. I understand your fear, based on your experience, but realize that the stats say exactly the opposite of what you're saying. Most people are good people. The price of being a cynical bastard is living a constant state of fear, which would suck in itself, and the fact that if you ever need help and other people have the same attitude, you're fucked.
I'd rather take the risk of a situation turning bad. If I see you on the side of the road, I'll stop and help. I'd appreciate the favor being returned, but won't hold it against you if not.
I Fucking Would Do This.
But then again, my OS isn't fucking retarded either and doesn't automatically execute code found on a flash drive. Or do you mean be a real dick and cut open the drive and solder the power & ground together to make a short when plugged in? That's simple assholery, since the logistics of mounting such a "DOS attack" are astronomically infeasible. Being afraid of a USB drive is about as sensible as all those idiotic stories about dollar bills being laced with LSD and dropped on the sidewalk to get your ass hooked.
I think I'd rather not disable her, if it's all right by you.
Do you really think that the engineers who built iOS and iTunes couldn't figure out how to sync wirelessly on their own? Hahaha
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Also, while you're at it, please to be reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_distinctiveness#Generic_marks
You've got one of three.
He's got none of three. The logo is an obvious mashup of Apple's own WiFi & Sync icons: http://grab.by/akrk