If we look at the progression of these devices, from the IBM PC/Mac, to laptop computers to the current phone devices, the obvious trajectory is smaller, lighter, less power hungry and ever more powerful.
Eventually we'll surely have a credit card sized AMOLED display with built-in personal computer. We'll carry one or more (personal and business machines) around in our wallets (which will have speakers and microphones so we can answer our wallets). But we'll also be able to pair our credit card computers up to ubiquitous speakers, mice, keyboards and displays.
Peripherals.
Our cars won't have satnav systems that need to be updated. They'll just have peripherals (screens, speakers, etc). Our big screen TVs or audio systems will become just another peripheral. We'll be able to easily pair (one of) our computer(s) to the large touchscreen display in the corporate boardroom in a simple way and deliver our presentation.
Our wallets will even give back the space currently occupied by credit cards and various ID cards, as our credit card PC's will do the job better.
Its most certainly using Brokaw's reputation to sell. If reputation didn't matter they could use a clip of any Joe Smo. Also attacking a competing product is selling your product. If Coke put out and anti Pepsi add, and never said coke, and ripped of someone else's material, they would be sued, just like the Super PAC will get sued.
There is no selling. Romney's name is never mentioned until the mandated bit at the end. NBC and Brokaw have no commercial interest in the quoted material. It seems to me that fair use is corrupted by the concept that a report that is used in a context that the creator didn't intend represents a violation.
There's no context cutting here. No expansion upon the message. This is simply a "Hey, remember this..." ad.
But what caused him to bomb the Cole, and attack the WTC twice (among other things) was the U.S. stepping between him and Saddam Hussein. He was okay with working with the Saudi Royals while he tried to convince them to let him and his mujahideen take Saddam out. But when the Saudis allowed the US to attack Saddam *from Saudi soil*, that was the last straw.
I believe this was one of the real reasons the US went into Iraq. To demonstrate that any successful 9/11 type of attack would have the opposite of the desired effect.
They're totally different. Google indexes the whole web in order to allow searching. This guy was controlling everything that was posted by vetting the people registering content on the site. He was specifically accepting and communicating links for infringing content.
There's pretty much no chance of that happening in the near term. The worst case scenario is that they already have nukes and can stage a 12th Imam Nuclear Tantrum when threatened from within. Rather than MAD, this would likely result in MAID (Mutually Assured Iranian Destruction).
Any open war between Iran and the west would begin with the complete annihilation of Iranian airpower, command and control capabilities (see: Iraq), along with the destruction of any asset that could be used to threaten the Strait of Hormuz..
After that, there'd be little need put boots on the ground (apart from humanitarian reasons perhaps). Iran is surrounded by countries with varying degrees of western support.
They're rattling sabers because that's pretty much all they can do.
Why would he need to be paid? It's a good product. My son's iPhone and wife's Android device look primitive in comparison to my WP7. I've only got 50,000 apps to sift through, but that will improve, I think.
You must live in a different captalist system than I do. The company I'm working for right now (even in this economy) is laying out far more money for me than they pay their own permanent workers. This is because of my specific industry knowledge and technical skills. They're paying me based on my merit.
Yes, if you are employing this indivual to screw a bolt into a hole. But a UI designer, say, for the iPhone isn't a place you want to skimp on labor costs.
This guy would fare no better in a meritocracy. Someone needs to choose the meritorious. And if it's not the market (voting with one's money is far more accurate measure of merit than one-man-one-vote), it falls to a nameless administrator to make that determination.
Yes, and there's a further difference between these two and a representative democracy where we democratically elect people we trust to spend the time necessary to understand any given issue. Some really smart people came up with this idea a couple of hundred years ago and it's still a good idea today.
Even Microsoft has this now. I was playing with voice recognition on a WP7 device and it worked pretty well. "Find Pizza", or "Call Norman" worked as expected. When I asked "What is the meaning of life?" it searched and found a couple of news stories about Siri being asked the same question. It might have been more fun if it came back with a canned answer like Siri does, but I have to wonder if that would've truly been more useful.
Microsoft's capabilities are also server based and they'll be able to tweak the capabilities fairly easily. All-in-all, I think the VR from iPhone, Android and WP7 are mostly a wash. Google appears to be ahead in other languages though.
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If we look at the progression of these devices, from the IBM PC/Mac, to laptop computers to the current phone devices, the obvious trajectory is smaller, lighter, less power hungry and ever more powerful.
Eventually we'll surely have a credit card sized AMOLED display with built-in personal computer. We'll carry one or more (personal and business machines) around in our wallets (which will have speakers and microphones so we can answer our wallets). But we'll also be able to pair our credit card computers up to ubiquitous speakers, mice, keyboards and displays.
Peripherals.
Our cars won't have satnav systems that need to be updated. They'll just have peripherals (screens, speakers, etc). Our big screen TVs or audio systems will become just another peripheral. We'll be able to easily pair (one of) our computer(s) to the large touchscreen display in the corporate boardroom in a simple way and deliver our presentation.
Our wallets will even give back the space currently occupied by credit cards and various ID cards, as our credit card PC's will do the job better.
If Brokaw has a problem with the words he recited willingly and publicly, isn't that his problem?
Isn't putting putting the public record on display fair use?
If Brokaw has a problem with what he reported to us back in the day, he should apologize to us now.
Its most certainly using Brokaw's reputation to sell. If reputation didn't matter they could use a clip of any Joe Smo. Also attacking a competing product is selling your product. If Coke put out and anti Pepsi add, and never said coke, and ripped of someone else's material, they would be sued, just like the Super PAC will get sued.
There is no selling. Romney's name is never mentioned until the mandated bit at the end. NBC and Brokaw have no commercial interest in the quoted material. It seems to me that fair use is corrupted by the concept that a report that is used in a context that the creator didn't intend represents a violation.
There's no context cutting here. No expansion upon the message. This is simply a "Hey, remember this..." ad.
This represents a non-free job market. That's the problem and why it's apprpriate for government to step in.
No one is arguing for no regulation. But there is such a thing as over regulation.
Don't buy a product that won't do what you want it to and call it a boycott. And it can all be accomplished without leaving the couch.
But what caused him to bomb the Cole, and attack the WTC twice (among other things) was the U.S. stepping between him and Saddam Hussein. He was okay with working with the Saudi Royals while he tried to convince them to let him and his mujahideen take Saddam out. But when the Saudis allowed the US to attack Saddam *from Saudi soil*, that was the last straw.
I believe this was one of the real reasons the US went into Iraq. To demonstrate that any successful 9/11 type of attack would have the opposite of the desired effect.
They're totally different. Google indexes the whole web in order to allow searching. This guy was controlling everything that was posted by vetting the people registering content on the site. He was specifically accepting and communicating links for infringing content.
There's pretty much no chance of that happening in the near term. The worst case scenario is that they already have nukes and can stage a 12th Imam Nuclear Tantrum when threatened from within. Rather than MAD, this would likely result in MAID (Mutually Assured Iranian Destruction).
Any open war between Iran and the west would begin with the complete annihilation of Iranian airpower, command and control capabilities (see: Iraq), along with the destruction of any asset that could be used to threaten the Strait of Hormuz..
After that, there'd be little need put boots on the ground (apart from humanitarian reasons perhaps). Iran is surrounded by countries with varying degrees of western support.
They're rattling sabers because that's pretty much all they can do.
I agree. 'Funny' I might buy. But Insightful? Seriously, what are the alternatives to Slashdot? This is getting to be too much.
STFU? WTF? This was a leak of a simplistic chart. Apple has managed to get actual prototypes stolen.
If your phone can't find an AT&T, Sprint, Verizon or T-Mobile store, might I suggest you look more closely into WP7. It can do maps and stuff. ;)
Why would he need to be paid? It's a good product. My son's iPhone and wife's Android device look primitive in comparison to my WP7. I've only got 50,000 apps to sift through, but that will improve, I think.
Mother Theresa would suck at my job. And I'd suck at her job. What's yer point?
You must live in a different captalist system than I do. The company I'm working for right now (even in this economy) is laying out far more money for me than they pay their own permanent workers. This is because of my specific industry knowledge and technical skills. They're paying me based on my merit.
Yes, if you are employing this indivual to screw a bolt into a hole. But a UI designer, say, for the iPhone isn't a place you want to skimp on labor costs.
This guy would fare no better in a meritocracy. Someone needs to choose the meritorious. And if it's not the market (voting with one's money is far more accurate measure of merit than one-man-one-vote), it falls to a nameless administrator to make that determination.
Could you do the discussion a favor and enumerate these direct democracies?
Is a meritocracy not capitalism?
Yes, and there's a further difference between these two and a representative democracy where we democratically elect people we trust to spend the time necessary to understand any given issue. Some really smart people came up with this idea a couple of hundred years ago and it's still a good idea today.
Windows 8 has the same hardware requirements as Windows 7 and is said to be slightly smaller and faster.
Why would I want a device I can't edit a document on? Even Windows Phone 7 runs Office.
Yep.
Even Microsoft has this now. I was playing with voice recognition on a WP7 device and it worked pretty well. "Find Pizza", or "Call Norman" worked as expected. When I asked "What is the meaning of life?" it searched and found a couple of news stories about Siri being asked the same question. It might have been more fun if it came back with a canned answer like Siri does, but I have to wonder if that would've truly been more useful.
Microsoft's capabilities are also server based and they'll be able to tweak the capabilities fairly easily. All-in-all, I think the VR from iPhone, Android and WP7 are mostly a wash. Google appears to be ahead in other languages though.
It set the the outboard motors on fire. You can see a video here... http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/
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