These specs are comparable to those for Nexus 7. All other things being equal, I'd rather have a general purpose tablet that I can load ereader software on than a tablet that's primarily designed for one particular use. Also, buying from a major corp is less risky than buying from a struggling eBook retailer.
One thing that really bothers me: neither tablet has a memory card slot. My tin foil hat is buzzing.
Why would a device be harder to read on if the screen is the same? Or are you referring to epaper reader? I already said those have their niche, but most people are buying LCD tablets.
If you want a decent keyboard, do not get a netbook. Those have keyboards to economize on space above all else. Netbooks were invented for the kind of casual use now dominated by tablets — which is why they're dieing off. If you need a portable device with a decent keyboard, get a laptop. Or if you want a really portable device that works with your favorite keyboard, get a tablet.
Just the thing for long flights. I almost got sent to Shanghai by my employer once — 13 hours in the air! An epaper reader would have been the first thing I bought in preparation.
So, basically you're paying loss-leader rates. Look for it to go up once they've established market share.
Like you, I'm in an anybody-but-CenturyLink area (Portland). I went with Comcast, which gave me a good rate, though they did try to sneak in bogus charges in the installation. But after a year, they upped my rates drastically. And really, what can I do about it?
The links are messed up, but the actual job posting is here. Job description (italics mine):
Define the product strategy and roadmap for Nook on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
Collaborate with internal teams and Microsoft to define innovative products for desktop, tablets and smartphones
Develop clear, detailed requirements and user stories by conducting customer and competitive research
Ensure that products meet delivery schedules and budget by coordinating all of the required resources
Serve as the internal and external evangelist for the Nook Windows 8 products
To me this is about Nook software on Windows, especially Windows-based mobile devices. And jeez, why would B&N want to junk theirt existing Android-based platform and start over from scratch?
Especially since its days are probably numbered. It's hard to see why anybody would buy a specialized eReader tablet when you can get a general purpose Android or Windows 8 RT tablet for about the same price and just load eReader software on it — like the software this person is being hired to develop.
The ePaper tablets might survive, provided enough people are willing to put up with their limitations in order to get something relatively cheap with very long battery life. But the specialized color tablets are mostly toast, though I guess Amazon might have the marketing muscle to keep the Kindle alive.
Not a good explanation Good internet access is all about "last mile" infrastructure, not physical proximity to big honking cable. Satisfy my curiousity: who's your ISP?
Do you honestly find Courier easier to read? It really doesn't do a very good job of differentiating similar characters.
And I have to suspect you've subsumed the "sans fonts are harder to read" meme to the point where it effects your actual reading skills. Note that this idea, standard among web "experts", doesn't have much in the way of scientific basis.
South Korea has a special circumstance: (According to a marketing guy at a router company where I worked) About 95% of their population lives in giant apartment buildings - large enough that they have telephone central offices in their basements.
So, any area where people live or work in giant buildings should have great Internet? Then why is the availability of good broadband in Lower Manhattan so poor?
The urban density excuse is ridiculous. It doesn't explain why sub-sub-suburban Sebastopol, CA has FIOS. The explanation is an independent ISP that somehow hasn't gotten screwed over by the legacy carriers and media conglomerates.
Telecom in the U.S. just does not have enough competition. If there's enough competition, problems like population density get solved. If there isn't, everybody just coasts along, gouges the customer, and provides shoddy service. Why should they bother not to?
So Tilamook has great internet and great cheese? Cool! Curious to know how that happened. The internet, not the cheese.
Doesn't really prove anything, since you're clearly not typical. But the "1%" nonsense is getting old. Hey, I'm no TP worshiper of the free market, but blaming everything on the superrich is childish.
I'm not a drinker, but it seems to me that alcohol consumption is as much a social activity as anything. And how long does it take you to consume a shot of vodka? That's why people go out for a beer after work, not just drinking: they can hang out with their friends, complain about the boss, argue about sports, etc., while they sip their beers.
I believe there are shortcuts, especially for rich people. Even if there aren't this is Steve Wozniak we're talking about. The prestige he brings with him is major in any case, and the suggestion that Australia network infrastructure is superior to American doesn't exactly work against him.
Legal roadblocks? You pass a private bill creating a loophole.
The Apollo program ended up costing $109 Billion in today's dollars.If you think you can get Congress to allocate that much money "free of political constraints", then you're either very naive or you're a super-magician who needs to start his run for President immediately.
Q: Whoever wrote the syllabus for this class is a total idiot who has no idea what "Introduction to Computing" should be about. What can I do about it?
A. LOL. If you have that kind of messiah complex, I suggest you start with something easy, like ending world hunger.
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These specs are comparable to those for Nexus 7. All other things being equal, I'd rather have a general purpose tablet that I can load ereader software on than a tablet that's primarily designed for one particular use. Also, buying from a major corp is less risky than buying from a struggling eBook retailer.
One thing that really bothers me: neither tablet has a memory card slot. My tin foil hat is buzzing.
Why would a device be harder to read on if the screen is the same? Or are you referring to epaper reader? I already said those have their niche, but most people are buying LCD tablets.
If you want a decent keyboard, do not get a netbook. Those have keyboards to economize on space above all else. Netbooks were invented for the kind of casual use now dominated by tablets — which is why they're dieing off. If you need a portable device with a decent keyboard, get a laptop. Or if you want a really portable device that works with your favorite keyboard, get a tablet.
Just the thing for long flights. I almost got sent to Shanghai by my employer once — 13 hours in the air! An epaper reader would have been the first thing I bought in preparation.
So, basically you're paying loss-leader rates. Look for it to go up once they've established market share.
Like you, I'm in an anybody-but-CenturyLink area (Portland). I went with Comcast, which gave me a good rate, though they did try to sneak in bogus charges in the installation. But after a year, they upped my rates drastically. And really, what can I do about it?
The links are messed up, but the actual job posting is here. Job description (italics mine):
To me this is about Nook software on Windows, especially Windows-based mobile devices. And jeez, why would B&N want to junk theirt existing Android-based platform and start over from scratch?
Especially since its days are probably numbered. It's hard to see why anybody would buy a specialized eReader tablet when you can get a general purpose Android or Windows 8 RT tablet for about the same price and just load eReader software on it — like the software this person is being hired to develop.
The ePaper tablets might survive, provided enough people are willing to put up with their limitations in order to get something relatively cheap with very long battery life. But the specialized color tablets are mostly toast, though I guess Amazon might have the marketing muscle to keep the Kindle alive.
What, you don't believe in Mitt's tan? Next you'll be telling me that airplane windows don't roll down!
Forgot where I got the 1 pound figure, but here's a pretty authoritative source:
http://www.dailylivestockreport.com/documents/dlr%2012-20-2011.pdf
That one says about 3.5 pounds a week. Which is a lot less than what I said, but still a lot. A healthy diet is slightly less than 2 pounds a week.
And it use to be a lot higher. Perhaps I was looking at some old stats. I think we can agree that cost is driving down consumption
And a $150 a month just on meat? Sounds about right, if you remember that it's an average. Some folks eat no meat at all. Some eat more.
Not a good explanation Good internet access is all about "last mile" infrastructure, not physical proximity to big honking cable. Satisfy my curiousity: who's your ISP?
You can only refute an opinion that you actually read.
Pen? Paper? Do they still make these things? Weird!
Somebody finally figured out that continuous underlining makes source code hard to read!
Aside from that, I'm not too impressed. Most features are comparable to other programmer-oriented fonts. But the zero is ugly.
Do you honestly find Courier easier to read? It really doesn't do a very good job of differentiating similar characters.
And I have to suspect you've subsumed the "sans fonts are harder to read" meme to the point where it effects your actual reading skills. Note that this idea, standard among web "experts", doesn't have much in the way of scientific basis.
Uh, did you miss the part where I called the 1% thing "nonsense"?
South Korea has a special circumstance: (According to a marketing guy at a router company where I worked) About 95% of their population lives in giant apartment buildings - large enough that they have telephone central offices in their basements.
So, any area where people live or work in giant buildings should have great Internet? Then why is the availability of good broadband in Lower Manhattan so poor?
The urban density excuse is ridiculous. It doesn't explain why sub-sub-suburban Sebastopol, CA has FIOS. The explanation is an independent ISP that somehow hasn't gotten screwed over by the legacy carriers and media conglomerates.
Telecom in the U.S. just does not have enough competition. If there's enough competition, problems like population density get solved. If there isn't, everybody just coasts along, gouges the customer, and provides shoddy service. Why should they bother not to?
So Tilamook has great internet and great cheese? Cool! Curious to know how that happened. The internet, not the cheese.
Doesn't really prove anything, since you're clearly not typical. But the "1%" nonsense is getting old. Hey, I'm no TP worshiper of the free market, but blaming everything on the superrich is childish.
Americans are historically anti-Imperialist.
And that's why you Brits lost your empire: too much beer. In the U.S. we drink a more moderate 473mL pint.
I'm not a drinker, but it seems to me that alcohol consumption is as much a social activity as anything. And how long does it take you to consume a shot of vodka? That's why people go out for a beer after work, not just drinking: they can hang out with their friends, complain about the boss, argue about sports, etc., while they sip their beers.
(I live in a town where beer is a key part of local culture. My being a teetotaler is one of two big reasons I feel like an outsider, the other being my lack of tatoos.)
And if you ask for a glass of draft beer in a bar, it will be a pint, though the exact meaning of the word varies.
Beer sales in the U.S. are $100 billion per year. It's the sort of thing financial people take notice of.
I believe there are shortcuts, especially for rich people. Even if there aren't this is Steve Wozniak we're talking about. The prestige he brings with him is major in any case, and the suggestion that Australia network infrastructure is superior to American doesn't exactly work against him.
Legal roadblocks? You pass a private bill creating a loophole.
Hey, you're the genius, push through an amendment!
Gee, you don't want anything easy, do you?
The Apollo program ended up costing $109 Billion in today's dollars.If you think you can get Congress to allocate that much money "free of political constraints", then you're either very naive or you're a super-magician who needs to start his run for President immediately.
Which makes even more bemused by this poll:
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2012/0627/Alien-attack!-Americans-pick-Obama-over-Romney-to-battle-invasion-from-space
Not troll, off-topic. Jeez.
The really stupid thing here is that the comment system doesn't hide all the off-topic followups, just the really stupid post that started it all.
Q: Whoever wrote the syllabus for this class is a total idiot who has no idea what "Introduction to Computing" should be about. What can I do about it?
A. LOL. If you have that kind of messiah complex, I suggest you start with something easy, like ending world hunger.
You're question didn't make any sense at all.
And yet other people understood it clearly. Please stop trying to prove whatever it is you're trying to prove.