" I think one of Apples big problems are there are many people, like me, that would never buy an iPhone"
Apple have dealt with haters their entire history; it's not like "someone who would never buy their product unless they turn into a completely different company" is a new problem for them.
And frankly, letting haters hate and continuing being true to themselves has proven to be the soundest policy so far, or at least for the last dozen years or so.
Strange. I've been an avid reader since I was a child in the '60s, and I feel zero nostalgia for paper books. Hell, I don't even like e-ink and have no problem reading for hours from an LCD tablet. I guess nostalgia affects different people differently.
"The e-book may turn out to be more a complement to the printed book, as audiobooks have long been, rather than an outright substitute."
The automobile may turn out to be more a complement to the horse than an outright substitute. You know, because some people still ride horses.
What is this, Slashdot: News for Luddites?
Having been involved with some Kinect development, I came to the complete opposite conclusion, but that's neither here nor thereâ"it's possible that more advanced devices like the Leap will show that gesture input doesn't necessarily involve jumping around and windmilling like an imbecile.
Still, even if we agreed about Kinect, I think that gesturing in front of your face would make people talking to their glasses seem relatively sane in comparison.
As an output device, a pair of glasses makes a lot of sense â" the problem is inputs. Voice is very suboptimal (if you feel stupid talking to your phone, imagine talking to your glasses). A touch screen on a watch is pretty poor too. The only way I can see this succeeding is as a purely AI-driven, input-less device, which â"based on location and heuristicsâ" would basically know what to do in any given situation.
In other wordsâ"this is a much harder problem than simply making a screen wearable enough.
"The grey matter in between your ears contains similar amount of chemicals as the ones inside the head of those so-called "prodigies"."
Interestingly, the grey matter between our ears contains largely the same chemicals as the matter between the ears of most vertebrates, and in smaller amounts than some other mammals. As far as reductionism goes, I think you've taken it to a pretty absurd level.
I don't know where you're posting from, but in the US at least there appears to be considerable overlap between those most *fearful* of the government and those most opposed to science and secular morality.
Sorry, but... What exactly has Woz done since the Apple I? Serious question. I mean, Jobs only resurrected Apple, upended the music industry, reinvented the smartphone and turned tablets from a joke into the future of consumer-oriented computing. I know all these achievements pale before the glory of Segway Polo alone, but I'm sure there are many other notable things Woz has gifted the world with over the last 30 years that I'm just completely ignorant of. I eagerly await enlightenment.
Plenty will, Apple among them; not because they are a charity, but because â"since they aren't in that line of businessâ" "not selling your data" becomes a marketable feature.
While fully aware that "anecdote" isn't an alternative spelling of "data", I own both types of devices, and much prefer to read on the LCD one. E-ink never fully solved its main issue, which is "being crap".
Well, Hitler has been safely resting on a shelf somewhere in Moscow for the last sixty years or so, but the Republicans are here, active, and highly relevant to the climate change debate. Your claims of "Godwining" come across as someone sticking their fingers in their ears and ignoring the political reality; not entirely unlike the climate change deniers themselves ignoring the scientific facts.
Is this is the earthshaking news we were promised, or are we still waiting for that? Okey, so the first full soil sample analysis was completed. Did they expect it to fail halfway through or something?
It's possible that touch screens are an improvement over the unspeakably shit trackpads most laptops come with. The same isn't necessarily true for Macs.
My personal guess, though, is that Hollister is just trolling.
This is what the bankers' methods remind me of: "Nicky's methods of betting weren't scientific, but they worked. When he won, he collected. When he lost, he told the bookies to go fuck themselves."
In your world, computers just sort of float magically to people? You probably also think that food grows in supermarkets. Just because you are blind to the infrastructure, it doesn't mean it's any less important than it used to be.
As someone who has been here pretty much from day one, I can tell you that Slashdot has always been a neckbeard circlejerk. However, it does seem it has got even worse since Taco left.
Your post can be read in two completely opposite ways, depending on whether "murdering" is seen as a verb or an adjective there. I nearly wrote a long, angry rant before I realised this.
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Apple have dealt with haters their entire history; it's not like "someone who would never buy their product unless they turn into a completely different company" is a new problem for them.
And frankly, letting haters hate and continuing being true to themselves has proven to be the soundest policy so far, or at least for the last dozen years or so.
Strange. I've been an avid reader since I was a child in the '60s, and I feel zero nostalgia for paper books. Hell, I don't even like e-ink and have no problem reading for hours from an LCD tablet. I guess nostalgia affects different people differently.
The automobile may turn out to be more a complement to the horse than an outright substitute. You know, because some people still ride horses. What is this, Slashdot: News for Luddites?
"Right number of apostrophe's but in the wrong places." If that was sarcasm, well played.
Having been involved with some Kinect development, I came to the complete opposite conclusion, but that's neither here nor thereâ"it's possible that more advanced devices like the Leap will show that gesture input doesn't necessarily involve jumping around and windmilling like an imbecile. Still, even if we agreed about Kinect, I think that gesturing in front of your face would make people talking to their glasses seem relatively sane in comparison.
As an output device, a pair of glasses makes a lot of sense â" the problem is inputs. Voice is very suboptimal (if you feel stupid talking to your phone, imagine talking to your glasses). A touch screen on a watch is pretty poor too. The only way I can see this succeeding is as a purely AI-driven, input-less device, which â"based on location and heuristicsâ" would basically know what to do in any given situation. In other wordsâ"this is a much harder problem than simply making a screen wearable enough.
"The grey matter in between your ears contains similar amount of chemicals as the ones inside the head of those so-called "prodigies"." Interestingly, the grey matter between our ears contains largely the same chemicals as the matter between the ears of most vertebrates, and in smaller amounts than some other mammals. As far as reductionism goes, I think you've taken it to a pretty absurd level.
I don't know where you're posting from, but in the US at least there appears to be considerable overlap between those most *fearful* of the government and those most opposed to science and secular morality.
The spider is obviously on DPS duty while the decoy tanks.
Sorry, but... What exactly has Woz done since the Apple I? Serious question. I mean, Jobs only resurrected Apple, upended the music industry, reinvented the smartphone and turned tablets from a joke into the future of consumer-oriented computing. I know all these achievements pale before the glory of Segway Polo alone, but I'm sure there are many other notable things Woz has gifted the world with over the last 30 years that I'm just completely ignorant of. I eagerly await enlightenment.
Interesting... I always understood that the first step to save battery was to *turn off* push.
Plenty will, Apple among them; not because they are a charity, but because â"since they aren't in that line of businessâ" "not selling your data" becomes a marketable feature.
While fully aware that "anecdote" isn't an alternative spelling of "data", I own both types of devices, and much prefer to read on the LCD one. E-ink never fully solved its main issue, which is "being crap".
"It only works right with the knob" One of a number of things you can say that about...
Well, Hitler has been safely resting on a shelf somewhere in Moscow for the last sixty years or so, but the Republicans are here, active, and highly relevant to the climate change debate. Your claims of "Godwining" come across as someone sticking their fingers in their ears and ignoring the political reality; not entirely unlike the climate change deniers themselves ignoring the scientific facts.
Is this is the earthshaking news we were promised, or are we still waiting for that? Okey, so the first full soil sample analysis was completed. Did they expect it to fail halfway through or something?
It's possible that touch screens are an improvement over the unspeakably shit trackpads most laptops come with. The same isn't necessarily true for Macs. My personal guess, though, is that Hollister is just trolling.
This is what the bankers' methods remind me of: "Nicky's methods of betting weren't scientific, but they worked. When he won, he collected. When he lost, he told the bookies to go fuck themselves."
In your world, computers just sort of float magically to people? You probably also think that food grows in supermarkets. Just because you are blind to the infrastructure, it doesn't mean it's any less important than it used to be.
Er, no. Magellan was killed and eaten by natives a little over half-way around.
If you guys donated your tinfoil hats to the cause, at least the effects of radiation exposure on the trip to Mars could be minimised.
As someone who has been here pretty much from day one, I can tell you that Slashdot has always been a neckbeard circlejerk. However, it does seem it has got even worse since Taco left.
There's also failure, but in this instance failure wasn't an option.
Your post can be read in two completely opposite ways, depending on whether "murdering" is seen as a verb or an adjective there. I nearly wrote a long, angry rant before I realised this.
Oh, hi, Mr. True Scotsman...