I call bullshit. I have both and while there are some apps that don't translate from Ipad to Ipod touch the UI is the same, the app store is the same, the settings are mostly the same. Name a significan difference between the two. I can Skype on both, I can watch Utube on both, I can surf the web on both. Aside from screen size how is the Ipad significantly different from the Ipod touch (and yess I did say touch not the old school Ipod. Bullshit.
I never thought I would say it, but I can now quite easily envision a day very soon when all my new media (games, movies, music, TV shows, books, etc.) will belong to studios, software companies, publishers, etc.--with me just renting it
You have the choice to use their product or not. You also have to decide if choice is worth fighting for. If enough people don't pay for big media's product they cease to be relevant. Currently we (USA) have too many sheep that are willing to surrender choice for convenience. As the saying goes, they deserve neither.
Including Apple with a smaller version of the popular product.
Umm, am I missing something? A smaller version of the Ipad is the Ipod touch. Apparently Steve thinks he hasn't saturated the market enough yet.
design a cool product
hype
hype
hype
spin (iphone 4)
Profit
Yay mass marketing
Is the school supposed to create men or sheep? We know the answer, I'm afraid.
That is a parents job. School systems should not exist for that purpose. It's like relying on the federal government to represent everyone's best interest while your congressman in taking money from large corporations to do their bidding. The system should work but we all know that it doesn't. Sorry I better go put my tinfoil hat back on.
I can see why an employer would want the device to be restrictive as it pertains to getting these in the hands of users. I deal with that at work all the time. If you don't like your local school district policies you should lobby to change them. After all you'll have a far better chance of implementing change at that level than you ever will in Washington.
Yeah but Israel will bomb the shit out of their reactor like they did back in 81 to Iraq. The Saudi's have already told Israel that they can use a narrow corridor of their airspace to bomb Iran. Hell they already have the targets picked out. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37653040/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Yeah but to them god does exist. You and I may feel differently but that doesn't change the fact that some people choose faith in the face of scietific reason. As long as they don't come to my door trying to convert me we're good. Stay off my lawn.
Oh please. The only reason he gave up that money is because Oracle was going to cover him. No man in his right mind would give up that kind of money if he didn't get something in return.
I suppose that depends on your belief system. I don't believe in god but if he feels that god gave that guy a bunch of money to piss away then that's ok with me.
I sure wish the government would give me a handout. If you can't produce a product in this country without a subsidy from the government how do you expect to get by when the money dries up?
I predict piracy will not stop until media and software companies stop using DRM which breaks their product and users understand that you can't get something for nothing forever. So in other words we're in for a long battle.
and now they want to make transparent planes. Bah just another marketing gimmick from company that can barely sell the bloated A-330's that have been sieged with cost over runs and failing sales (not to mention canceled orders). Yeah I could supply refences to my claim but I'm at work and I don't feel like it. that's what Google is for). Nothing to see here people move along.
You'd be right but I saw it on TV. I'm glad I was not on the recieving end of one of those. They were pretty effective at terrorizing the general population.
Microsoft acknowleged a zero day threat AND advised its' customers of the threat IN THE SAME WEEK???? Nope can't happen> Stop smokin that crack... obviously you're delusional.
If you paid for 250 GB (for example) and you hit that limit, I think the companies have every right to cut your off completely, just the same as my calling card or cellphone "cut me off" when I run out of minutes.
People need to stop being petty when they moderate. He has a valid point. Currently Comcast is doing the same thing except they are'nt offering unlimited service (I think their current bit is "the fastest fast"). I'm pretty sure some other ISP's are doing the same thing as they don't want any scrutiny from the FCC. The comment is valid, if they make the limits clear they the ISP is well within their rights to either ask you to pay up or disable your service till the next month. Modded up +2 under rated.
No lasers. The value of a tool like this would be close in air support. Think cluster bombs on a smaller scale. If they could solve the buzzing sound this would make great close in surveilance drones. Perfect example: I'm a squad leader tasked with taking and holding a small town but I want to know if the enemy is already there. I take one of these guys out of my backpack and within minutes I have a complete surveilance profile of the town. Yeah I play too many first person shooters.
OMG who wouldn't want to sit in an airconditioned trailer and control several of these guys at once. The rotor sound reminds me of the V-1 buzz bombs the Germans dropped in London between 1942-45. Except these things are infinitely more frightening.
Seems pretty silly for a game developer to just cut out a slice of their potential audience right from the start
If lefties are truly and underserved group in all of gaming then they may be going for a niche market. If you are a small enough company you can afford to go after this market and develop it.
Yeah after a long all nighter playing San Andreas I had some temptations the next day. I'm late to work(quid pro quo after an all nighter) stopped at a traffic light and I mentally calculated the amount of time it would take to jack the car in front of me and get away before the cop across the street would see me. That game owned me.
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I call bullshit. I have both and while there are some apps that don't translate from Ipad to Ipod touch the UI is the same, the app store is the same, the settings are mostly the same. Name a significan difference between the two. I can Skype on both, I can watch Utube on both, I can surf the web on both. Aside from screen size how is the Ipad significantly different from the Ipod touch (and yess I did say touch not the old school Ipod. Bullshit.
I never thought I would say it, but I can now quite easily envision a day very soon when all my new media (games, movies, music, TV shows, books, etc.) will belong to studios, software companies, publishers, etc.--with me just renting it
You have the choice to use their product or not. You also have to decide if choice is worth fighting for. If enough people don't pay for big media's product they cease to be relevant. Currently we (USA) have too many sheep that are willing to surrender choice for convenience. As the saying goes, they deserve neither.
Including Apple with a smaller version of the popular product.
Umm, am I missing something? A smaller version of the Ipad is the Ipod touch. Apparently Steve thinks he hasn't saturated the market enough yet. design a cool product hype hype hype spin (iphone 4) Profit Yay mass marketing
Very good point. That will take a lot of waking up I think.
Is the school supposed to create men or sheep? We know the answer, I'm afraid.
That is a parents job. School systems should not exist for that purpose. It's like relying on the federal government to represent everyone's best interest while your congressman in taking money from large corporations to do their bidding. The system should work but we all know that it doesn't. Sorry I better go put my tinfoil hat back on.
I can see why an employer would want the device to be restrictive as it pertains to getting these in the hands of users. I deal with that at work all the time. If you don't like your local school district policies you should lobby to change them. After all you'll have a far better chance of implementing change at that level than you ever will in Washington.
Yeah but Israel will bomb the shit out of their reactor like they did back in 81 to Iraq. The Saudi's have already told Israel that they can use a narrow corridor of their airspace to bomb Iran. Hell they already have the targets picked out. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37653040/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Yeah but to them god does exist. You and I may feel differently but that doesn't change the fact that some people choose faith in the face of scietific reason. As long as they don't come to my door trying to convert me we're good. Stay off my lawn.
Oh please. The only reason he gave up that money is because Oracle was going to cover him. No man in his right mind would give up that kind of money if he didn't get something in return.
God did not gave him a dime.
I suppose that depends on your belief system. I don't believe in god but if he feels that god gave that guy a bunch of money to piss away then that's ok with me.
LMFAO couldn't have said it better. See below post about engineering sniffing airplane glue. Looks like marketing is in on that too.
the engineering department has been sniffing too much glue. Build a plane that doesn't fall apart in mid air and the rest will come.
I sure wish the government would give me a handout. If you can't produce a product in this country without a subsidy from the government how do you expect to get by when the money dries up?
I predict piracy will not stop until media and software companies stop using DRM which breaks their product and users understand that you can't get something for nothing forever. So in other words we're in for a long battle.
and now they want to make transparent planes. Bah just another marketing gimmick from company that can barely sell the bloated A-330's that have been sieged with cost over runs and failing sales (not to mention canceled orders). Yeah I could supply refences to my claim but I'm at work and I don't feel like it. that's what Google is for). Nothing to see here people move along.
What the article doesn't mention is Steves war on color in the Operating System
Maybe that's why he is always wearing those damn black turtlenecks.
You'd be right but I saw it on TV. I'm glad I was not on the recieving end of one of those. They were pretty effective at terrorizing the general population.
Microsoft acknowleged a zero day threat AND advised its' customers of the threat IN THE SAME WEEK???? Nope can't happen> Stop smokin that crack... obviously you're delusional.
If you paid for 250 GB (for example) and you hit that limit, I think the companies have every right to cut your off completely, just the same as my calling card or cellphone "cut me off" when I run out of minutes.
People need to stop being petty when they moderate. He has a valid point. Currently Comcast is doing the same thing except they are'nt offering unlimited service (I think their current bit is "the fastest fast"). I'm pretty sure some other ISP's are doing the same thing as they don't want any scrutiny from the FCC. The comment is valid, if they make the limits clear they the ISP is well within their rights to either ask you to pay up or disable your service till the next month. Modded up +2 under rated.
No lasers. The value of a tool like this would be close in air support. Think cluster bombs on a smaller scale. If they could solve the buzzing sound this would make great close in surveilance drones. Perfect example: I'm a squad leader tasked with taking and holding a small town but I want to know if the enemy is already there. I take one of these guys out of my backpack and within minutes I have a complete surveilance profile of the town. Yeah I play too many first person shooters.
OMG who wouldn't want to sit in an airconditioned trailer and control several of these guys at once. The rotor sound reminds me of the V-1 buzz bombs the Germans dropped in London between 1942-45. Except these things are infinitely more frightening.
Seems pretty silly for a game developer to just cut out a slice of their potential audience right from the start
If lefties are truly and underserved group in all of gaming then they may be going for a niche market. If you are a small enough company you can afford to go after this market and develop it.
Yeah after a long all nighter playing San Andreas I had some temptations the next day. I'm late to work(quid pro quo after an all nighter) stopped at a traffic light and I mentally calculated the amount of time it would take to jack the car in front of me and get away before the cop across the street would see me. That game owned me.
OMG this could actually be the first decent thing we've seen Microsoft do in ages....or at least since they pulled the Kin off the market.
How the hell is the parent off topic. Someone needs to give me some more mod points