You have to design the car so that the user doesn't get the idea of looking into the fuel tank with a lighter
Or, you could educate the user that fire and gasoline don't mix. They don't need to know the chemical reaction side of it, but simply informing them that these two things don't mix shouldn't be too difficult. (I know you were being extreme to prove a point, so was I).
I find it ridiculous to continually dumb down products. To me, this seems like it will cause a slippery slope to stupidity. What happens if we dumb down the products to the point where people don't know how to create them anymore, or the knowledge is only in the hands of the far and few? I resist the notion that learning should be back-seated for short-term profits. In the long run, people will become too stupid to buy those products and we're stuck with even dumber products.
Case in point, I know what a chainsaw is; I know what it does. I also know that a chainsaw is a dangerous tool. Because of the danger, the risk involved, and my lack of knowledge on proper use, I'm not going to buy a chainsaw, crank it up, and yell timber because the manufacture replaced the pull cord with a button. I will hire someone who knows HOW to use the tool, and to teach me HOW to use the tool before I venture on my own.
Dumbing down products isn't the answer, proper education is the answer, and there's a difference between making things easier, and making them idiot proof.
Yes, but doesn't this seem like a way to keep you working at all times? Your company wants you to stay on the cutting edge of technology not for yourself, but for the company. If you're checking out products,services, seminars to Microsoft and your primary duty is to service Microsoft tools, then your employer is gaming your knowledge without compensating you. Sure, you have the right to not share that knowledge, but how long do you think your job will last if you're not dishing out the goods of what you recently learned that could help the organization?
When you receive a degree, your employer is paying you for your knowledge up to that point. If you learn additional skills outside of work, you're employer isn't entitled to that knowledge. If they want it, they can pay for the cost to attend the seminar, travel and related expenses. I don't believe a company should tell you to develop yourself beyond what they're paying you for and use that new knowledge within the organization, but tell you that you're not allowed to do the same while on the clock. Either they need to help you with that development (financially, resources, contacts, etc) or inform you that your job is to do what's in your job description and specification and nothing else. That way, all professional development you've accomplished on your own time can go to the next employer after yours terminates you for another rookie right out of college.
I should have been more specific, the quality of textures and realism can be rendered in real-time with mobile phones. I was referring o he video games graphics when compared to CG.
What's funny is the graphics of that movie then can be rendered on mobile phones now. I wonder if 20 years from now we'll be able to render the new Tron movie on mobile phones as well?
I'm not sure why it's such a bad thing to re-tell an existing story. Sure Avatar was Pocahontas in 3D and on another planet, but it still does't mean the story is bad because it has been done before. I can name many movies and games that have predicted the apocalypse, but I still enjoy seeing other peoples' interpretation of that apocalypse and how one lone soul can save the world. I've never seen the original Tron so I can't comment on whether it had a good story line or not, but if it did, I don't see the problem with telling that story again for a newer generation.
Usually you can find out what lawsuits they may actually impact the business in the quarterly and yearly fillings. They're usually in the very back in that long section of notes from the CFO that people tend not to read. I personally just look for the three sheets and move on. I could care less how many stores you opened, devices you sell, or your tremendous growth out of China. Show me the NI, CF, and BS and I can do the Dupont analysis myself.
Point me out an ARM binary for the Android platform and I'll tell. Android uses Dalvik virtual machine which has a JIT compiler and most developers don't use the NDK's ARM abi. Not to discredit your questions, as they are valid, but you're looking at a rare subset of applications that would take advantage of this feature.
Yes, but Cingular was already owned by AT&T, they just didn't adopt the AT&T name until they bought AT&T Wireless.
Remember the chain of purchases:
AT&T forced to breakup-->Southwestern Bell turns SBC for no reason, tells all employees that the SBC doesn't mean Southwestern Bell Corp, but just random acronyms with no meaning. Buys Pacbell, Ameritech, Nevada Bell, and SNET; starts records cleanup and reorganizing-->Combines its wireless services, Southwestern Bell Wireless, with BellSouth Wireless and renames it Cingular.-->Cingular buys AT&T Wireless but decides to keep using Cingular brand-->SBC acquires the remains of AT&T and adopts the AT&T name for land line services-->AT&T buys Bellsouth and changes the Cingular brand into AT&T and uses AT&T as the name for all telecommunication services.[source: I was an AT&T manager during the acquisitions and cleanup (SBC period), family members that still work for AT&T or retirees of AT&T]
The tablet most likely runs Android x86 (VIA processor) which is pretty good about getting most of the apps for Android running properly. Apps designed to use cellular networks won't work too well, but they're designed for use with the dialer anyway.
Open platforms are what forced Apple to give the features to iOS that Android has had since day one. Read every review, Apple is pretty much catching up. Sure Android isn't as pretty, and the hardware can vary widely, but apparently it works out for Apple fans because it gives Apple a reason to innovate.
Steve Jobs has said it himself, the iPhone was simply a way to test out how people might respond to the iPad. For a test, it surpassed all expectations. It also opened up Pandora's box for existing competitors to not go down without a fight. There are plenty of people who will buy an iPhone because they can get it subsidized. Ask these same people if they would buy a Mac, and the answer is "maybe if it wasn't so expensive." Show them the mac mini and they have no idea what to do with it, without the other parts they're used to replacing (monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc.). Call that bad marketing (the price is decent) or maybe Apple's inability to beat the status quo, but people still aren't flocking to Apple's products like Jobs anticipated.
Android has matured in strange ways too. Google's intentions for Android was to have an OS that kept you on the web when mobile (Apple's original plans too) as much as you are when on your desktop. 99% of their revenue comes from web advertising; Android was just a way to show people more ads. Apple forced Google to make changes to Android that go beyond a dumb web terminal.
You may think that an "open" platform doesn't do much for customers, but without it, your iPhone update would have been similar to last year's 3GS announcement. (yawn)
If anyone is too lazy to Google U-Rated, it's the UK equivalent of US Rated G. For a second, I was asking myself "What the hell is a U rating?" Google is your friend.
No because of the " interoperability, accessibility" portion of the post. Adobe Flash isn't about interoperability (Linux x64) and accessibility (Flash as a plugin).
"..Granted they are all going to be only viewable on compatible browsers (everything but IE)..."
So basically they'll advertise to existing customers whom believe html5's unfinished spec is the way to go now? Wouldn't the campaign be more effective to simply e-mail all registered mac owners the html5 ads directly? This seems like the same html5 crap they put on their website that's only viewable via Safari on Snow Leopard when most of the demonstrations are simply css3 and fancy JavaScript image swapping.
I could see Apple having an advertising campaign about html5, but not using JUST html5 as this would simply defeat its purpose of being an effective advertisement.
"Check out the new Apple ads their amazing! Where can I see them, she asked. Just go to www.website.com, he replied. I'm there but all I see is a blank sidebar and header, she said in confusion. What web browser are you using. he asked. The one with the big E icon, she replied. Oh, you need to be on a mac, sorry, he responded in a snarly voice."
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You have to design the car so that the user doesn't get the idea of looking into the fuel tank with a lighter
Or, you could educate the user that fire and gasoline don't mix. They don't need to know the chemical reaction side of it, but simply informing them that these two things don't mix shouldn't be too difficult. (I know you were being extreme to prove a point, so was I).
I find it ridiculous to continually dumb down products. To me, this seems like it will cause a slippery slope to stupidity. What happens if we dumb down the products to the point where people don't know how to create them anymore, or the knowledge is only in the hands of the far and few? I resist the notion that learning should be back-seated for short-term profits. In the long run, people will become too stupid to buy those products and we're stuck with even dumber products.
Case in point, I know what a chainsaw is; I know what it does. I also know that a chainsaw is a dangerous tool. Because of the danger, the risk involved, and my lack of knowledge on proper use, I'm not going to buy a chainsaw, crank it up, and yell timber because the manufacture replaced the pull cord with a button. I will hire someone who knows HOW to use the tool, and to teach me HOW to use the tool before I venture on my own.
Dumbing down products isn't the answer, proper education is the answer, and there's a difference between making things easier, and making them idiot proof.
Yes, but doesn't this seem like a way to keep you working at all times? Your company wants you to stay on the cutting edge of technology not for yourself, but for the company. If you're checking out products,services, seminars to Microsoft and your primary duty is to service Microsoft tools, then your employer is gaming your knowledge without compensating you. Sure, you have the right to not share that knowledge, but how long do you think your job will last if you're not dishing out the goods of what you recently learned that could help the organization?
When you receive a degree, your employer is paying you for your knowledge up to that point. If you learn additional skills outside of work, you're employer isn't entitled to that knowledge. If they want it, they can pay for the cost to attend the seminar, travel and related expenses. I don't believe a company should tell you to develop yourself beyond what they're paying you for and use that new knowledge within the organization, but tell you that you're not allowed to do the same while on the clock. Either they need to help you with that development (financially, resources, contacts, etc) or inform you that your job is to do what's in your job description and specification and nothing else. That way, all professional development you've accomplished on your own time can go to the next employer after yours terminates you for another rookie right out of college.
I should have been more specific, the quality of textures and realism can be rendered in real-time with mobile phones. I was referring o he video games graphics when compared to CG.
Tosh redeemed him already, so he doesn't count.
Where's the -1 off-topic or -1 Troll when you need it.
What's funny is the graphics of that movie then can be rendered on mobile phones now. I wonder if 20 years from now we'll be able to render the new Tron movie on mobile phones as well?
I'm not sure why it's such a bad thing to re-tell an existing story. Sure Avatar was Pocahontas in 3D and on another planet, but it still does't mean the story is bad because it has been done before. I can name many movies and games that have predicted the apocalypse, but I still enjoy seeing other peoples' interpretation of that apocalypse and how one lone soul can save the world. I've never seen the original Tron so I can't comment on whether it had a good story line or not, but if it did, I don't see the problem with telling that story again for a newer generation.
Sorry, I meant quarterly/annual reports, not SEC filings. I'm not sure if Apple produces reports for their shareholders.
Usually you can find out what lawsuits they may actually impact the business in the quarterly and yearly fillings. They're usually in the very back in that long section of notes from the CFO that people tend not to read. I personally just look for the three sheets and move on. I could care less how many stores you opened, devices you sell, or your tremendous growth out of China. Show me the NI, CF, and BS and I can do the Dupont analysis myself.
We need a Do-Not-Contact-Me-Periodically registry and maybe my credit card company will stop stuffing ads with my bill.
Will Android X86 run Android ARM binaries?
Point me out an ARM binary for the Android platform and I'll tell. Android uses Dalvik virtual machine which has a JIT compiler and most developers don't use the NDK's ARM abi. Not to discredit your questions, as they are valid, but you're looking at a rare subset of applications that would take advantage of this feature.
Also, I said "pretty good," not perfect.
Perhaps we could look to the Android market to see if there are any major applications that are not available at all in the official store ...
Swype is one I can name off the top of my head.
Not when you call it sunk cost. Most people have never looked into Economics. Call it by its layman's name: hooker and coke money.
Yes, but Cingular was already owned by AT&T, they just didn't adopt the AT&T name until they bought AT&T Wireless.
Remember the chain of purchases:
AT&T forced to breakup-->Southwestern Bell turns SBC for no reason, tells all employees that the SBC doesn't mean Southwestern Bell Corp, but just random acronyms with no meaning. Buys Pacbell, Ameritech, Nevada Bell, and SNET; starts records cleanup and reorganizing-->Combines its wireless services, Southwestern Bell Wireless, with BellSouth Wireless and renames it Cingular.-->Cingular buys AT&T Wireless but decides to keep using Cingular brand-->SBC acquires the remains of AT&T and adopts the AT&T name for land line services-->AT&T buys Bellsouth and changes the Cingular brand into AT&T and uses AT&T as the name for all telecommunication services.[source: I was an AT&T manager during the acquisitions and cleanup (SBC period), family members that still work for AT&T or retirees of AT&T]
The tablet most likely runs Android x86 (VIA processor) which is pretty good about getting most of the apps for Android running properly. Apps designed to use cellular networks won't work too well, but they're designed for use with the dialer anyway.
If you're interested:
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Ha!
Up next, rats get erections from penises grown in the lab. Pfizer buys all patents and markets a complement drug to Viagra.
Open platforms are what forced Apple to give the features to iOS that Android has had since day one. Read every review, Apple is pretty much catching up. Sure Android isn't as pretty, and the hardware can vary widely, but apparently it works out for Apple fans because it gives Apple a reason to innovate.
Steve Jobs has said it himself, the iPhone was simply a way to test out how people might respond to the iPad. For a test, it surpassed all expectations. It also opened up Pandora's box for existing competitors to not go down without a fight. There are plenty of people who will buy an iPhone because they can get it subsidized. Ask these same people if they would buy a Mac, and the answer is "maybe if it wasn't so expensive." Show them the mac mini and they have no idea what to do with it, without the other parts they're used to replacing (monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc.). Call that bad marketing (the price is decent) or maybe Apple's inability to beat the status quo, but people still aren't flocking to Apple's products like Jobs anticipated.
Android has matured in strange ways too. Google's intentions for Android was to have an OS that kept you on the web when mobile (Apple's original plans too) as much as you are when on your desktop. 99% of their revenue comes from web advertising; Android was just a way to show people more ads. Apple forced Google to make changes to Android that go beyond a dumb web terminal.
You may think that an "open" platform doesn't do much for customers, but without it, your iPhone update would have been similar to last year's 3GS announcement. (yawn)
"...but there's no reason why the left hand can't work on something different than the right hand is..."
Dude, what you and your computer do in your free-time is nobody's business.
So all those new netbooks with touch screens and optional keyboard/mouse setup will be left with no OS at all by your logic!
If anyone is too lazy to Google U-Rated, it's the UK equivalent of US Rated G. For a second, I was asking myself "What the hell is a U rating?" Google is your friend.
You can blame chatroulette (or the chatroulette penis army) for disabling that feature.
No because of the " interoperability, accessibility" portion of the post. Adobe Flash isn't about interoperability (Linux x64) and accessibility (Flash as a plugin).
"..Granted they are all going to be only viewable on compatible browsers (everything but IE)..."
So basically they'll advertise to existing customers whom believe html5's unfinished spec is the way to go now? Wouldn't the campaign be more effective to simply e-mail all registered mac owners the html5 ads directly? This seems like the same html5 crap they put on their website that's only viewable via Safari on Snow Leopard when most of the demonstrations are simply css3 and fancy JavaScript image swapping.
I could see Apple having an advertising campaign about html5, but not using JUST html5 as this would simply defeat its purpose of being an effective advertisement.
"Check out the new Apple ads their amazing! Where can I see them, she asked. Just go to www.website.com, he replied. I'm there but all I see is a blank sidebar and header, she said in confusion. What web browser are you using. he asked. The one with the big E icon, she replied. Oh, you need to be on a mac, sorry, he responded in a snarly voice."