Good timing for Amazon if they can sell out their existing inventory before Apple moves into the 7 inch device market. Perhaps Amazon has seen the writing on the wall. I expect many players will be forced out of the market.
If Amazon does a Fire 2 it will need to be more than a vanilla Android with a custom GUI. 7 inch devices are about to become a market requiring innovation, not just low pricing.
...I know I certainly would. Do I get to live a long lifespan AND be healthy and relatively active? Or do I live a long and ultimately sad and sickly life? I don't want to become a burden on my family. But if I could be reasonably self sufficient then yes I'd sign up for a longer life.
As a geek I would love to see the future just because I think for all of our human failings we will eventually make great strides as a society. I'd love to see the cityscapes and the exciting possibilities the world of tomorrow holds. Most of all I'd like to see us live in mutual respect and not manipulated by political and religious interests. If I could live 200 years perhaps I would see some pretty amazing changes.
If I had a guarantee of 80 or 90 years I know I'd live long enough to see my children become parents. I'd get to see them as adults and see them grow into the confidence of middle age. I might even see my great-grandchildren, which would probably make me wish for more years.
Most of all I want to be a support to my family, which means I at least need to be around until 65 or 70. To see my young children past the mistakes we all make as late teens and young adults, to be a safety net and a caring dad.
Ultimately I'd be happiest if I could just do this job as well as my dad.
Maybe you've noticed we in the US have had some fun this last week at Prince Harry's expense. Does it mean we hate Briton? No. Have you ever had a laugh at a friend's expense? I imagine so.
There is a range of insults ranging from good hearted jab, contempt, left handed compliment and finally rage or hate. You need to develop a thinker skin to some of them. The US trades insults with European countries but in a serious pinch we know who our friends are.
I 'reckon' VMWare is well aware of Apple, and as my question suggests last weeks court decision is in my mind as well. Unless VMWare offers indemnification to Openstack Foundation they are a fox in the hen house.
Openstack should secure usage rights in perpetuity, else VMWare can make strategic suggestions that steers development towards their patent portfolio. Years from now VMWare might decide the products of Openstack Foundation represent an obstacle to be eliminated.
VMWare's membership is a great opportunity to plant poison pills that can be later exploited to shut down any development originating from this partnership. I would hope Openstack has obtained usage rights in exchange for their membership.
"Hey boys! Here's a big pile of money!" Someone will bite.
This might work if such a public fund were set up with complete transparency and controlled by a PAC or lobby. The money couldn't go directly to a senator but could be used to run political advertising that endorses the candidate.
The Dean Brothers and Hipgnosis produced some of the most iconic album cover art of the late 60's and 70's. Roger Dean brought his trippy style to game covers like "Shadow of the Beast" and early Pygnosis titles.
I have great concern over a carrier thinking they can tell a customer what apps they may or may not use. AT&T needs to be challenged or this is a bad road we are heading down.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess than since I'm 44 years old there's a good chance older than you, so don't talk down to me like I'm your junior.
I didn't burn a flag so stop implying things about my political leanings. I only said internet speeds in the US don't fare well against benchmarks from around the world and that's the truth. That will change if Google Fiber goes widespread.
Stop injecting politics into crap that's not political. I'm not alone in being sick of people talk like they're on a cable TV debate program. I was discussing internet bandwidth, not the November general election.
If I were eating and said "MMM, good cheeseburger!" you'll find a f'ing way to make it about Obama. You know what? Forget everything I just said. What I really should have typed is short and sweet:
I'm aware, but most of them extend a dish or make a minimal configuration change once in orbit. Few of them are folded like complex origami into a rocket nose.
I want this to work, I'm just expressing a concern.
During Hubble's deployment a solar panel failed to fully unfold. An astronaut needed to manually extend the panel or Hubble would not have the power to operate. Hubble famously needed a "set of glasses" to correct for a deformation in it's mirror. This was accomplished with a space shuttle mission. In the years that followed Hubble needed gyroscopes replaced and has received upgrade packages to extend it's capabilities.
Webb will be four times further away from Earth than the distance between the Earth and Moon. That will make any effort to repair it more risky than an Apollo moon mission. Webb was almost cancelled for budget reasons. It's unlikely a rescue mission would be conducted if something were to go wrong.
I can't wait to see what a telescope more powerful than Hubble can do. I hope everything goes according to plan.
On one hand Slashdot runs stories where they throw out obscure acronyms I need to google, and then the flip side of the coin are stories that MIGHT surprise your grandmother. Well done, editors!
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I'm doing my part to help!
(but I could use some Chipotle-Away)
Good timing for Amazon if they can sell out their existing inventory before Apple moves into the 7 inch device market. Perhaps Amazon has seen the writing on the wall. I expect many players will be forced out of the market.
If Amazon does a Fire 2 it will need to be more than a vanilla Android with a custom GUI. 7 inch devices are about to become a market requiring innovation, not just low pricing.
I'd rather you were blabbing on the phone than talking to me.
...I know I certainly would. Do I get to live a long lifespan AND be healthy and relatively active? Or do I live a long and ultimately sad and sickly life? I don't want to become a burden on my family. But if I could be reasonably self sufficient then yes I'd sign up for a longer life.
As a geek I would love to see the future just because I think for all of our human failings we will eventually make great strides as a society. I'd love to see the cityscapes and the exciting possibilities the world of tomorrow holds. Most of all I'd like to see us live in mutual respect and not manipulated by political and religious interests. If I could live 200 years perhaps I would see some pretty amazing changes.
If I had a guarantee of 80 or 90 years I know I'd live long enough to see my children become parents. I'd get to see them as adults and see them grow into the confidence of middle age. I might even see my great-grandchildren, which would probably make me wish for more years.
Most of all I want to be a support to my family, which means I at least need to be around until 65 or 70. To see my young children past the mistakes we all make as late teens and young adults, to be a safety net and a caring dad.
Ultimately I'd be happiest if I could just do this job as well as my dad.
I have no such protection against lions and now I am very concerned. I will pay double if you include magic unicorn face-paint.
>> "I think you're paranoid on a good day."
Are you following me?
Maybe you've noticed we in the US have had some fun this last week at Prince Harry's expense. Does it mean we hate Briton? No. Have you ever had a laugh at a friend's expense? I imagine so.
There is a range of insults ranging from good hearted jab, contempt, left handed compliment and finally rage or hate. You need to develop a thinker skin to some of them. The US trades insults with European countries but in a serious pinch we know who our friends are.
I 'reckon' VMWare is well aware of Apple, and as my question suggests last weeks court decision is in my mind as well. Unless VMWare offers indemnification to Openstack Foundation they are a fox in the hen house.
Openstack should secure usage rights in perpetuity, else VMWare can make strategic suggestions that steers development towards their patent portfolio. Years from now VMWare might decide the products of Openstack Foundation represent an obstacle to be eliminated.
VMWare's membership is a great opportunity to plant poison pills that can be later exploited to shut down any development originating from this partnership. I would hope Openstack has obtained usage rights in exchange for their membership.
A moment of silence for one of those who used math and fire to punch a hole in the sky.
"Hey boys! Here's a big pile of money!" Someone will bite.
This might work if such a public fund were set up with complete transparency and controlled by a PAC or lobby. The money couldn't go directly to a senator but could be used to run political advertising that endorses the candidate.
.... makes me think FF2 might not be far behind.
...or appreciate any antique. There are plenty of retro gamers who can see the beauty in this including me.
This isn't for you. Go back to MW3.
Not useless for everyone, just you.
Even so - there are monitors that pivot from portrait to landscape. 16x9 is great for office work if you rotate it 90 degrees.
The Dean Brothers and Hipgnosis produced some of the most iconic album cover art of the late 60's and 70's. Roger Dean brought his trippy style to game covers like "Shadow of the Beast" and early Pygnosis titles.
Great games complimented by great art design.
I dug Wip3out too.
Sorry to see the studio axed.
I have great concern over a carrier thinking they can tell a customer what apps they may or may not use. AT&T needs to be challenged or this is a bad road we are heading down.
Although I could understand if he had to read the new Digg.
I - AM - the original poster.
I was responding to cpu6502 who called me an entitlement generation leftist because I made a statement about bandwidth speeds in the US.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess than since I'm 44 years old there's a good chance older than you, so don't talk down to me like I'm your junior.
I didn't burn a flag so stop implying things about my political leanings. I only said internet speeds in the US don't fare well against benchmarks from around the world and that's the truth. That will change if Google Fiber goes widespread.
Stop injecting politics into crap that's not political. I'm not alone in being sick of people talk like they're on a cable TV debate program. I was discussing internet bandwidth, not the November general election.
If I were eating and said "MMM, good cheeseburger!" you'll find a f'ing way to make it about Obama. You know what? Forget everything I just said. What I really should have typed is short and sweet:
STFU
The reason you need to jump through hoops like this video only underscores how crappy internet service is in the US.
I'm aware, but most of them extend a dish or make a minimal configuration change once in orbit. Few of them are folded like complex origami into a rocket nose.
I want this to work, I'm just expressing a concern.
During Hubble's deployment a solar panel failed to fully unfold. An astronaut needed to manually extend the panel or Hubble would not have the power to operate. Hubble famously needed a "set of glasses" to correct for a deformation in it's mirror. This was accomplished with a space shuttle mission. In the years that followed Hubble needed gyroscopes replaced and has received upgrade packages to extend it's capabilities.
Webb will be four times further away from Earth than the distance between the Earth and Moon. That will make any effort to repair it more risky than an Apollo moon mission. Webb was almost cancelled for budget reasons. It's unlikely a rescue mission would be conducted if something were to go wrong.
I can't wait to see what a telescope more powerful than Hubble can do. I hope everything goes according to plan.
Another great high school excuse bites the dust.
Koh may have just handed Apple what they need to prove she has a bias if they need to appeal this case later.
There appropriate ways for a Judge to express their frustrations at a plaintiff.
On one hand Slashdot runs stories where they throw out obscure acronyms I need to google, and then the flip side of the coin are stories that MIGHT surprise your grandmother. Well done, editors!