Even with webOS, the thing does web and mail fine. And people don't hold on to their electronics long enough for them (or webOS) to become outdated. You could argue that it already is, but by the time important stuff like encryption and wireless standards change significantly, or the apps become completely unusable, those things will be long in the trash.
I don't get it either. Spamhaus isn't forcing anyone to use their list. If their list is full of false positives, then email providers are free not to use it. Wouldn't a more common sense target be a company like Yahoo that uses Spamhous as part of their policy?
Heh, are you actually asking for a citation of someone's personal lack of intimate knowledge of another country's legal system? Wouldn't the citation be Draconis' actual post? Jeez, who wound/you/ up today.
The problem is that you can't really buy a computer without many of the same companies being involved. So whatever system you buy instead is likely no better as far as environmental impact.
There could be people regretting not getting one at $99, and at $200, it is still a very cheap tablet in comparison to others, especially since you'll likely be able to put Android on it.
How long before this optional service starts to affect your normal browsing? Want Youtube? Gotta tie it to your Google account. Fine, have a fake one. But all of a sudden, you're required to use your real info. So now you can't access significant portions of the web without being under their umbrella.
If google gets big enough, once it pushes all the alternatives out of the market, or once the alternatives become somewhat irrelevant as to force you into google to be part of the internet "life", then it might become a case for the FTC, or equivalent government entity.
I try to avoid reading in the dark anyway, and having a lamp on while reading isn't too arduous of a task. If you need more clarity, you can increase the font size.
Only $250, except most of us have other toys we could spend that money on. Many people don't need a fully fledged laptop replacement, and guess what, they might just have two brain cells to rub together to realize it. The comparison to an M5 was made to a bit of an extreme to illustrate the point. I could have easily used an Audi A4 or something.
The point is that with a few lower spec parts, a free OS, no 3G card, etc, you can lower the cost to offer a cheap, capable tablet, and there's no reason this option shouldn't be available, as not everyone needs/wants leather seats, or a sunroof, or electronically adjustable and heated seats.
But you do have to admit that many long time Apple users bought the iPad with no real reason for owning it. Apple is good at packaging and marketing the stuff. I know of a few people that keep tabs on all of their stuff and have the money to buy it and not really know what they'll do with it or whether they even need it for anything.
Ever consider that all those fanbois are fans for a reason? I only own an iPod (bought in 2007) but I can see that Apple makes quality hardware and software.
Using volume applies to lowering your margins. Sell 10 units at a $100 markup, or 100 units at a $10 markup. Increasing volume when selling at a loss only amplifies your losses, especially without another revenue stream, as the OP was saying. HP didn't have an app store, a game catalogue, VOD, etc. They were only selling the hardware.
That's like saying we shouldn't be talking about a $15k car because nothing can come close to an M5. There's plenty of room for cheaper tablets. A lower quality LCD, Android OS, enough juice to get the whole thing running. The Nook Color retails for $250 and people have loaded Android on it and it has passable performance for simple browsing and email.
See them all the time on the NYC subway. A lot of them play Angry Birds, some read articles, some do crossword puzzles. I've seen some reading articles with embedded video, which was kinda neat, but if I had one, I know that I'd just play games and watch videos on it, instead of reading anything.
Still fucked up. I don't want any of their employees opening my food and possibly contaminating it. If you don't want to sell the product with the toy, send it the f back and demand product without the competing product. Your inter-business dealings have little to do with the customer you supposedly serve.
Is that a requirement? Does a box advertise that the game comes with a game manual? I don't think most do. But GameStop would be f*cking with the product if they removed it. If they don't want to sell the games with the coupon, they should return them to Square Enix and tell them to supply them with games without a coupon (that competes with their non-existent and probably lame service).
Right, because no one at the corporate level did a boneheaded mistake. Put all trust in bit companies or the government and see where that gets you.
And what does your username have to do with whether you make a valid point or now? Answer the question or add to the discussion. What should the Slashdot user ID cutoff be if a valid username should be required to make suggestion? 5 digit? 4 digit? Do tell.
Not reprinted, but they'll break, get lost, stolen. Plus, soon enough the iPad 3 will come out and you know we gotta have the latest one. And you'll need support people to maintain and troubleshoot the ones that do work.
But aren't you using a few individuals (individuals that a newspaper editor chose to portray on TV/paper/site) to paint a picture of the whole group? A pretty small sample size. And likely a biased one at that, no? Are we going to kid ourselves into believing that newspapers operate independently of the interests of those in power?
Besides, I'd like to see the well crafted harangue you could come up with when someone sticks a mic in your face out of nowhere. You don't know that that person didn't have some sort of a rationalization and viewpoint.
And if you shut Twitter down, or started tracking its users, how many minutes would it take for people to find an alternative? Haven't they attempted to unopen Pandora's Box before with music, Kazza, etc? How did that work for them? More money being wasted by clueless suits in government.
I can't agree with that. I would love to live in Poland and make my American salary there. But it ain't gonna happen. And I don't think it should, at least not by mandate. If someone pulled that off, more power to them.
And besides, these aren't US corporations that are operating abroad, but their subdivisions, or third party suppliers. It would be simple to get around any laws enacted. And proving that an action undermines one nations economy is an exercise in itself. I don't even think that every economist agrees on the effects of globalization, NATO, etc. So who would set the standard of proof that something undermines a country's best interests. And since when is a country's best interest the responsibility of any entity other than that nation's government?
Dell used to be a darling of the stock market. Not so any longer. They may still exist, and may have their markets, but they're definitely not as strong as they were just a few years ago.
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Even with webOS, the thing does web and mail fine. And people don't hold on to their electronics long enough for them (or webOS) to become outdated. You could argue that it already is, but by the time important stuff like encryption and wireless standards change significantly, or the apps become completely unusable, those things will be long in the trash.
I don't get it either. Spamhaus isn't forcing anyone to use their list. If their list is full of false positives, then email providers are free not to use it. Wouldn't a more common sense target be a company like Yahoo that uses Spamhous as part of their policy?
Heh, are you actually asking for a citation of someone's personal lack of intimate knowledge of another country's legal system? Wouldn't the citation be Draconis' actual post? Jeez, who wound /you/ up today.
Or people could pay for their service, even if it is for a personal mail server.
The problem is that you can't really buy a computer without many of the same companies being involved. So whatever system you buy instead is likely no better as far as environmental impact.
There could be people regretting not getting one at $99, and at $200, it is still a very cheap tablet in comparison to others, especially since you'll likely be able to put Android on it.
How long before this optional service starts to affect your normal browsing? Want Youtube? Gotta tie it to your Google account. Fine, have a fake one. But all of a sudden, you're required to use your real info. So now you can't access significant portions of the web without being under their umbrella.
If google gets big enough, once it pushes all the alternatives out of the market, or once the alternatives become somewhat irrelevant as to force you into google to be part of the internet "life", then it might become a case for the FTC, or equivalent government entity.
So you get to search google without google tracking you directly. So bing is a proxy of sorts. Perfect.
I try to avoid reading in the dark anyway, and having a lamp on while reading isn't too arduous of a task. If you need more clarity, you can increase the font size.
There already is no 'right on red' in NYC, except for a handful of places. Literally a handful.
Huh? Too lazy to read the comment I'm replying to to figure this out for yourself?
Only $250, except most of us have other toys we could spend that money on. Many people don't need a fully fledged laptop replacement, and guess what, they might just have two brain cells to rub together to realize it. The comparison to an M5 was made to a bit of an extreme to illustrate the point. I could have easily used an Audi A4 or something.
The point is that with a few lower spec parts, a free OS, no 3G card, etc, you can lower the cost to offer a cheap, capable tablet, and there's no reason this option shouldn't be available, as not everyone needs/wants leather seats, or a sunroof, or electronically adjustable and heated seats.
But you do have to admit that many long time Apple users bought the iPad with no real reason for owning it. Apple is good at packaging and marketing the stuff. I know of a few people that keep tabs on all of their stuff and have the money to buy it and not really know what they'll do with it or whether they even need it for anything.
Ever consider that all those fanbois are fans for a reason? I only own an iPod (bought in 2007) but I can see that Apple makes quality hardware and software.
Using volume applies to lowering your margins. Sell 10 units at a $100 markup, or 100 units at a $10 markup. Increasing volume when selling at a loss only amplifies your losses, especially without another revenue stream, as the OP was saying. HP didn't have an app store, a game catalogue, VOD, etc. They were only selling the hardware.
That's like saying we shouldn't be talking about a $15k car because nothing can come close to an M5. There's plenty of room for cheaper tablets. A lower quality LCD, Android OS, enough juice to get the whole thing running. The Nook Color retails for $250 and people have loaded Android on it and it has passable performance for simple browsing and email.
See them all the time on the NYC subway. A lot of them play Angry Birds, some read articles, some do crossword puzzles. I've seen some reading articles with embedded video, which was kinda neat, but if I had one, I know that I'd just play games and watch videos on it, instead of reading anything.
Still fucked up. I don't want any of their employees opening my food and possibly contaminating it. If you don't want to sell the product with the toy, send it the f back and demand product without the competing product. Your inter-business dealings have little to do with the customer you supposedly serve.
Is that a requirement? Does a box advertise that the game comes with a game manual? I don't think most do. But GameStop would be f*cking with the product if they removed it. If they don't want to sell the games with the coupon, they should return them to Square Enix and tell them to supply them with games without a coupon (that competes with their non-existent and probably lame service).
Right, because no one at the corporate level did a boneheaded mistake. Put all trust in bit companies or the government and see where that gets you.
And what does your username have to do with whether you make a valid point or now? Answer the question or add to the discussion. What should the Slashdot user ID cutoff be if a valid username should be required to make suggestion? 5 digit? 4 digit? Do tell.
Not reprinted, but they'll break, get lost, stolen. Plus, soon enough the iPad 3 will come out and you know we gotta have the latest one. And you'll need support people to maintain and troubleshoot the ones that do work.
But aren't you using a few individuals (individuals that a newspaper editor chose to portray on TV/paper/site) to paint a picture of the whole group? A pretty small sample size. And likely a biased one at that, no? Are we going to kid ourselves into believing that newspapers operate independently of the interests of those in power?
Besides, I'd like to see the well crafted harangue you could come up with when someone sticks a mic in your face out of nowhere. You don't know that that person didn't have some sort of a rationalization and viewpoint.
And if you shut Twitter down, or started tracking its users, how many minutes would it take for people to find an alternative? Haven't they attempted to unopen Pandora's Box before with music, Kazza, etc? How did that work for them? More money being wasted by clueless suits in government.
I can't agree with that. I would love to live in Poland and make my American salary there. But it ain't gonna happen. And I don't think it should, at least not by mandate. If someone pulled that off, more power to them.
And besides, these aren't US corporations that are operating abroad, but their subdivisions, or third party suppliers. It would be simple to get around any laws enacted. And proving that an action undermines one nations economy is an exercise in itself. I don't even think that every economist agrees on the effects of globalization, NATO, etc. So who would set the standard of proof that something undermines a country's best interests. And since when is a country's best interest the responsibility of any entity other than that nation's government?
Dell used to be a darling of the stock market. Not so any longer. They may still exist, and may have their markets, but they're definitely not as strong as they were just a few years ago.