Even on the Windows end, I wish that more tablet manufacturers realized that a powerful graphics system is helpful. My ideal system would be a powerful small tablet that I connect to a Cintiq and a Happy Hacker keyboard at the desk. It should have a nice dock with additional disk space and a DVD-R... Solid state storage would be great, and I'd even be willing to pay quite a bit for a 200 gig, but that really isn't totally feasable yet. I liked the concept of the new ModBook, but the aesthetics and configuration isn't very elegant.
Have you ever used Tablet Planner? Very, very nice. I wasn't as fond of the second revision, but still it is very useful.
While you are arguing that OS X is protected, I have frankly never been confronted with any authorization scheme whatsoever. It may not run on a Dell, but I can own several old Macs and install whatever I want, in spite of Apple's wishes. Isn't this the purpose of DRM -- to protect uncompensated use? An analogous comparison might be asking why Apple AAC files don't play on a Zune, or vice versa.
It seems that Apple does not use much DRM in other areas, so I don't seem to understand how Job's statements are contrary to the company's behavior. Fairplay isn't inserted in the files when I import CDs. It doesn't get in the way of everyday use. And, I can export other file types. Lock-in indeed...
I have 14898 songs a couple of which were downloaded for free from band sites, we'll say three. Zero were purchased from ITMS, due specifically to the DRM, and slightly to the 128 bit rate.
I have purchased somewhere around 1500 CDs which puts me in the same idiotic league; they now live in iTunes...
DRM decreases sales, in my biased opinion. And, my statistical average of zero proves it.
I wonder if Apple would be willing to license the core? It is interesting that they seem to have now jumped ahead of mobile Linux in the interface department. Allowing others to utilize the base with a custom OS would help with getting applications. I certainly hope that they make a larger screen version for vertical markets. Allowing other companies to create products which Apple will not, or should not, isn't going to hurt their markket share.
I would love nothing more than to have a Fujitsu slate Tablet running OS X, and something like a UMPC for commercial/medical markets...
Isn't that amazing! The Cube was a really cool machine, and here we are with more processing power in our pockets.
Stripping down OS X, simply means gutting further down to a BSD core. Like a phone running Linux, what is so strange about it? It would be a huge mistake to create a stop-gap OS simply to get it out the door, when an optimized core is probably already available. The OS that is X should be able to run on just about anything by now...
I'm currently working in advertising, and increasingly we're finding that, no capitalism doesn't need advertising or marketing in this sense. There are a lot of very relevant ways to attract people to products that are not intrusive and can be interesting. Somebody stated that, perfectly targeted advertising is no longer advertising, but information.
Once this hits the mobile, the distinction will be important.
Also, sending emails every other day is a damn good way to be listed as spam!
Hopefully this will be applied across the board. Does the Zune also infringe upon such laws. If there is going to be DRM, I am at least happy with the way iTunes handles it, and I typically avoid it by purchasing CDs, discarding the empty shell afterwards.
I burn at 128, a lower resolution copy, which is within fair use for those who wish to call me a thief...
I'd be curious to see how fast this unit runs in real life. I purchased a 770 to run small flash presentations/slide shows, and it performed rather dismally. Not the market I'm sure, and I love the concept, but if your going to have an internet/s tablet it needs to be able to see typical content...
I stopped off at the Sony exhibit at GDW in San Francisco, only to be told the complex method of developing for PS. I have to say that, Sony can go fuck themselves! As much as one can dis MS, and I've been an Apple user my entire life, they know how to create a development community. As a matter of fact, I have asked Apple about developing games for the iPod, receiving the same cold shoulder.
Dear companies, not everything is going to make a million dollars, deserving an expensive subscription or development tools. not everything is needs expensive or complex development tools. I develop educational products... Microsoft should create a consistent platform across mobile, gaming, and desktop platforms, kicking the crap out of Nokia/nGage. I'm pretty damn sure they're the only ones listening.
Crime begins at the very lowest levels of society, and builds upon it. For every person that wants something for nothing, and there are a lot, somebody builds upon it. A job, a favor, free tickets, a free drink...
Education is probably the best defense against what you describe. I've seen both sides.
Information always has an opinion and a perspective. This is hard to dismiss. However, the BBC seems to taking the argument that information is being suppressed, and asking for evidence. They are doing exactly what many of us should be doing.
If there is a breakdown in news, it is that we as a society (USA) have lost our ability to think critically, and to call BS for what it is. Intelligent design... Great, show proof in an established scientific manner, or lead me to your intelligent designer. Should you wish to live without science, do so in a respectable manner, like a Shaker (not that they do, they just make reasoned decisions about it).
Defining the playing field for these arguments is taking way too much effort.
The flip side of productivity is the value gained. If my standard of living either increases relative to my income, or stuff becomes cheaper I gain. Likewise, stuff like Wikipedia represents an increase in value relative too an encyclopedia. We can argue the usefulness and accuracy later.
There is an increasing amount of free valuable stuff created by people for next to nothing. I wouldn't want to be a publisher ten years from now, but anticipate huge shifts in how we assign value to effort and increases in pay for "us."
If I could get OS X on a Fujitsu slate tablet, I would do so in a heartbeat... I'm pretty pissed that I cannot as a matter of fact. Securing Windows between a CDMA modem, wireless, and ethernet was an effort in futility.
The next step would be getting a tablet without Intel graphics! Grrrr.
I smell an agenda. Of course much of the Peak Oil writing can be exaggerated, but my feeling is that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. The statistics have also been reasonably accurate, and with so many oil companies over estimating reserves, how exactly are we to know what is cost effectively extractable?Hubbert estimated using the tried and true "what gets taken out of the ground" numbers. Saudi Arabia has not been able or willing to prove that they can draw more.
Like global warming it's an argument taking away from the real issues. With a bit of attention and care with most resources we can do just fine. We are simply not respecting our general environment.
The question you're asking has a lot to do with the future of economic productivity and compensation in general. My opinion is that a lot of information is going to become smart, in the sense that it will be active and trackable. People won't accept it without benefit however. Think sensors and in recent brain research (as-if circuits), or in bees the feedback loops considering likely reward. This question could be asked about lots of activities. "How do we know who is productive?"
The Swiss can be a bit strange. But, I am planning on going to school there for a Master's and would very likely consider staying thereafter. But, first things first... As you say, spend some time considering the option!
For 12 to 18 million dollars (US) you could create a complete reading program for the K through 6 grade levels, including teaching materials. I have worked on most of the major programs, which are $100M dollar programs. Without actual print products, there would be significant cost savings. For $100M a complete program across Spanish, Chinese, and English could be created. State specific materials could be tied to a subsciption model returning the significant portions of the money over several years. The best kind of philanthropy, profitable!
An editorial team could be drawn from the very same people who have created the products currently in use. A full, usable set could be accomplished in 18 months or less. The quickest I've seen being 12 months requiring 3 writer/editors, a designer, and a production person per grade.
I've found that as a designer. too many palettes and multiple displays makes for trouble. My mind has to adjust to a different space for the tools, which are often accessed quickly and repetedly. A single large display for me is better. YMMV...
But having a business, the three things I've learned not to skimp on are: chairs (work longer and more comfortably), monitors, and healthcare.
I agree with you, but would like to add a couple to the list. Desertification and biodiversity are really important issues, both of which are pretty much direct results of poor resource usage.
That is very true, and I am not going to dismiss Greenpeace's report... But, is it even possbile to make this much electronic crap in a green way? Sorry, electronics are not green. Cars are not green. Most agriculture is not green in any form. What is required is a sense of purpose in buying things that leads to less stuff, and less "consumption."
Are my 2500 CDs and the next 2500 digital versions more or less poluting than an iPod? I don't own one, but have the music on my laptop. How much comparative electricity is used? Were talking about vast seas of product and the subsequent polution, not a box.
See Bruce Sterlings speech on Stve's illness... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling)
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Even on the Windows end, I wish that more tablet manufacturers realized that a powerful graphics system is helpful. My ideal system would be a powerful small tablet that I connect to a Cintiq and a Happy Hacker keyboard at the desk. It should have a nice dock with additional disk space and a DVD-R... Solid state storage would be great, and I'd even be willing to pay quite a bit for a 200 gig, but that really isn't totally feasable yet. I liked the concept of the new ModBook, but the aesthetics and configuration isn't very elegant.
Have you ever used Tablet Planner? Very, very nice. I wasn't as fond of the second revision, but still it is very useful.
While you are arguing that OS X is protected, I have frankly never been confronted with any authorization scheme whatsoever. It may not run on a Dell, but I can own several old Macs and install whatever I want, in spite of Apple's wishes. Isn't this the purpose of DRM -- to protect uncompensated use? An analogous comparison might be asking why Apple AAC files don't play on a Zune, or vice versa.
It seems that Apple does not use much DRM in other areas, so I don't seem to understand how Job's statements are contrary to the company's behavior. Fairplay isn't inserted in the files when I import CDs. It doesn't get in the way of everyday use. And, I can export other file types. Lock-in indeed...
I have 14898 songs a couple of which were downloaded for free from band sites, we'll say three. Zero were purchased from ITMS, due specifically to the DRM, and slightly to the 128 bit rate.
I have purchased somewhere around 1500 CDs which puts me in the same idiotic league; they now live in iTunes...
DRM decreases sales, in my biased opinion. And, my statistical average of zero proves it.
I wonder if Apple would be willing to license the core? It is interesting that they seem to have now jumped ahead of mobile Linux in the interface department. Allowing others to utilize the base with a custom OS would help with getting applications. I certainly hope that they make a larger screen version for vertical markets. Allowing other companies to create products which Apple will not, or should not, isn't going to hurt their markket share.
I would love nothing more than to have a Fujitsu slate Tablet running OS X, and something like a UMPC for commercial/medical markets...
Isn't that amazing! The Cube was a really cool machine, and here we are with more processing power in our pockets.
Stripping down OS X, simply means gutting further down to a BSD core. Like a phone running Linux, what is so strange about it? It would be a huge mistake to create a stop-gap OS simply to get it out the door, when an optimized core is probably already available. The OS that is X should be able to run on just about anything by now...
I'm currently working in advertising, and increasingly we're finding that, no capitalism doesn't need advertising or marketing in this sense. There are a lot of very relevant ways to attract people to products that are not intrusive and can be interesting. Somebody stated that, perfectly targeted advertising is no longer advertising, but information.
Once this hits the mobile, the distinction will be important.
Also, sending emails every other day is a damn good way to be listed as spam!
Hopefully this will be applied across the board. Does the Zune also infringe upon such laws. If there is going to be DRM, I am at least happy with the way iTunes handles it, and I typically avoid it by purchasing CDs, discarding the empty shell afterwards.
I burn at 128, a lower resolution copy, which is within fair use for those who wish to call me a thief...
I'd be curious to see how fast this unit runs in real life. I purchased a 770 to run small flash presentations/slide shows, and it performed rather dismally. Not the market I'm sure, and I love the concept, but if your going to have an internet/s tablet it needs to be able to see typical content...
Sign me up for the flashy trinkets. They are also 1.5 or 1.8 inches rather than 2.5!
.5 the cost
in 1.5 years well have 2x as much at
Have you ever heard of the Buddha Box?
I stopped off at the Sony exhibit at GDW in San Francisco, only to be told the complex method of developing for PS. I have to say that, Sony can go fuck themselves! As much as one can dis MS, and I've been an Apple user my entire life, they know how to create a development community. As a matter of fact, I have asked Apple about developing games for the iPod, receiving the same cold shoulder.
Dear companies, not everything is going to make a million dollars, deserving an expensive subscription or development tools. not everything is needs expensive or complex development tools. I develop educational products... Microsoft should create a consistent platform across mobile, gaming, and desktop platforms, kicking the crap out of Nokia/nGage. I'm pretty damn sure they're the only ones listening.
I wasn't quite sure where "legislation" came from, as I didn't RTFA...
But, Sebastiao Salgado is about all I need say.
Crime begins at the very lowest levels of society, and builds upon it. For every person that wants something for nothing, and there are a lot, somebody builds upon it. A job, a favor, free tickets, a free drink...
Education is probably the best defense against what you describe. I've seen both sides.
Information always has an opinion and a perspective. This is hard to dismiss. However, the BBC seems to taking the argument that information is being suppressed, and asking for evidence. They are doing exactly what many of us should be doing.
If there is a breakdown in news, it is that we as a society (USA) have lost our ability to think critically, and to call BS for what it is. Intelligent design... Great, show proof in an established scientific manner, or lead me to your intelligent designer. Should you wish to live without science, do so in a respectable manner, like a Shaker (not that they do, they just make reasoned decisions about it).
Defining the playing field for these arguments is taking way too much effort.
Nobody reads the articles silly!
The flip side of productivity is the value gained. If my standard of living either increases relative to my income, or stuff becomes cheaper I gain. Likewise, stuff like Wikipedia represents an increase in value relative too an encyclopedia. We can argue the usefulness and accuracy later.
There is an increasing amount of free valuable stuff created by people for next to nothing. I wouldn't want to be a publisher ten years from now, but anticipate huge shifts in how we assign value to effort and increases in pay for "us."
How does one place a value on this stuff now?
Damn right,
If I could get OS X on a Fujitsu slate tablet, I would do so in a heartbeat... I'm pretty pissed that I cannot as a matter of fact. Securing Windows between a CDMA modem, wireless, and ethernet was an effort in futility.
The next step would be getting a tablet without Intel graphics! Grrrr.
Looks pretty unscientific to me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil
I smell an agenda. Of course much of the Peak Oil writing can be exaggerated, but my feeling is that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. The statistics have also been reasonably accurate, and with so many oil companies over estimating reserves, how exactly are we to know what is cost effectively extractable?Hubbert estimated using the tried and true "what gets taken out of the ground" numbers. Saudi Arabia has not been able or willing to prove that they can draw more.
Like global warming it's an argument taking away from the real issues. With a bit of attention and care with most resources we can do just fine. We are simply not respecting our general environment.
The question you're asking has a lot to do with the future of economic productivity and compensation in general. My opinion is that a lot of information is going to become smart, in the sense that it will be active and trackable. People won't accept it without benefit however. Think sensors and in recent brain research (as-if circuits), or in bees the feedback loops considering likely reward. This question could be asked about lots of activities. "How do we know who is productive?"
"The State-licensed mercantilistic market is not zero sum -- one party loses, one party gains. This is socialism or Western State mercantilism."
This is dada.
The Swiss can be a bit strange. But, I am planning on going to school there for a Master's and would very likely consider staying thereafter. But, first things first... As you say, spend some time considering the option!
For 12 to 18 million dollars (US) you could create a complete reading program for the K through 6 grade levels, including teaching materials. I have worked on most of the major programs, which are $100M dollar programs. Without actual print products, there would be significant cost savings. For $100M a complete program across Spanish, Chinese, and English could be created. State specific materials could be tied to a subsciption model returning the significant portions of the money over several years. The best kind of philanthropy, profitable!
An editorial team could be drawn from the very same people who have created the products currently in use. A full, usable set could be accomplished in 18 months or less. The quickest I've seen being 12 months requiring 3 writer/editors, a designer, and a production person per grade.
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I've found that as a designer. too many palettes and multiple displays makes for trouble. My mind has to adjust to a different space for the tools, which are often accessed quickly and repetedly. A single large display for me is better. YMMV...
But having a business, the three things I've learned not to skimp on are: chairs (work longer and more comfortably), monitors, and healthcare.
I agree with you, but would like to add a couple to the list. Desertification and biodiversity are really important issues, both of which are pretty much direct results of poor resource usage.
That is very true, and I am not going to dismiss Greenpeace's report... But, is it even possbile to make this much electronic crap in a green way? Sorry, electronics are not green. Cars are not green. Most agriculture is not green in any form. What is required is a sense of purpose in buying things that leads to less stuff, and less "consumption."
Are my 2500 CDs and the next 2500 digital versions more or less poluting than an iPod? I don't own one, but have the music on my laptop. How much comparative electricity is used? Were talking about vast seas of product and the subsequent polution, not a box.
See Bruce Sterlings speech on Stve's illness... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling)