I am more and more convinced that the type of people who are on Facebook, let alone those who actually will use messages, are not the types to know or be savvy enough for torrents and similar activities
if you want to communicate with your relatives and certain friends, you end up with a Facebook and/or Twitter account, regardless of how "savvy" you are.
Don't worry, he's such an arrogant, nerdy shit that his family doesn't mind not hearing from him.
That's one way to put it. Or one could say they make it really, incredibly easy to do 90% of the stuff people want to, while making it near impossible to shoot yourself in the foot trying to do the other 10% (by preventing it from happening).
isnt it rather because technology finally reached a point where a device that is the size of a tablet provides acceptable resolution, processing power, battery life, thinness/lightness, and an acceptable touchscreen interface ? and apple jumped in at the right time ?
They also jettisoned the inappropriate WIMP interface, a not inconsequential addition to what you've stated. (Yes, I know, save me the effort of point out a dozen products over the years that used a similar interface. Those devices lacked the technical merits that the post I'm replying to mentions. Good hardware with WIMP fails, bad hardware without WIMP fails. The current popularity of tablets requires not only good hardware, but non-WIMP)
You're right. I thought about including verbiage to that effect in my reply above. It looks like tablets (and the opinion piece the/. story refers to speaks to 'new tablets' like the iPad and various Androids vs. XP laptops sans keyboards) are moving into new spaces.
I anticipate that some Android manufacturer will find a way to boot those traditional tablets to the curb. The only trick at the moment is that many of them seem to run some custom application that the vendor may not wish to port. But given the potential smaller size and greater efficiency of the new hardware/OS combos, it should only be a matter of time before 'supplant' is the correct verb.
Beats the shit outta me. I was merely pointing out that the grandparent was replying to something that wasn't said in the article or in the summary. Hell, after reading the 'article', I see it was merely an opinion piece that doesn't really cite anything other than a Samsung VP (or was in engineer?)
That said, to this hacker it seems absurd to think of an iPad representing freedom. It looks to me more like a cross between an etch-a-sketch, finger paints, and a television.
Except that two of the three things you mention are totally freeform products for creating all sorts of stuff. It gets even weirder when an avowed Apple fan such as myself acknowledges that this isn't the iPad's forte.
Methinks people shouldn't denigrate the etch-a-sketch and fingerpaints.
I was given to understand that the reason the Ipad hasn't succeeded in a business environment is because the Windows based Tablet already dominates that market. I know the local hospital purchased a ton of tablets recently when they underwent a huge remodeling.
Except that's not what the article or the summary say. It is about how the iPad is supplanting those traditional tablets.
Shyeah right... The photos clearly show some new form of kryptonite, which has been subjected to trans-positited fillifitation of ferrous ions within the crystalline structural matrix.
Really? I thought the telltale sign of that reaction was that the biologic component took on the appearance of rusty hand tools?
Driving used vehicles (paid cash, no loans) for decades helped pay off my mortgages (no new houses either, so I own my homes instead of the bank), more than paid off my considerable tool collection (which I use for many other things),
High on the list? Fixing your old POS car.
I keed, I keed, my 13 yo car just died, and I'm looking for a suitable 5-10 year old replacement. But, yeah, my garage got a bit of a workout in the past couple of years.
Why should the studios be concerned with the problems of either Netflix or the phone carriers? As a matter of fact, if the viewing experience is negative, all the better for them. It pushes more views on cable, theatres, DVD rentals, etc.
If I'm not mistaken, all mobile phones have backdoors for telco's to use, for silently pushing firmware updates and bricking phones, etc.
I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's what my cousin told me, who works with setting up mobile infrastructure.
No kidding? Well, my best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
Acceptable if this had been a reason cited for his reluctance to perform his own maintenance and repairs. He talked of a lack of available time. Time that, by his own admission, he directs towards dicking with his guitar and tv.
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I am more and more convinced that the type of people who are on Facebook, let alone those who actually will use messages, are not the types to know or be savvy enough for torrents and similar activities
if you want to communicate with your relatives and certain friends, you end up with a Facebook and/or Twitter account, regardless of how "savvy" you are.
Don't worry, he's such an arrogant, nerdy shit that his family doesn't mind not hearing from him.
1985 called, it wants its worldview back.
That's one way to put it. Or one could say they make it really, incredibly easy to do 90% of the stuff people want to, while making it near impossible to shoot yourself in the foot trying to do the other 10% (by preventing it from happening).
isnt it rather because technology finally reached a point where a device that is the size of a tablet provides acceptable resolution, processing power, battery life, thinness/lightness, and an acceptable touchscreen interface ? and apple jumped in at the right time ?
They also jettisoned the inappropriate WIMP interface, a not inconsequential addition to what you've stated. (Yes, I know, save me the effort of point out a dozen products over the years that used a similar interface. Those devices lacked the technical merits that the post I'm replying to mentions. Good hardware with WIMP fails, bad hardware without WIMP fails. The current popularity of tablets requires not only good hardware, but non-WIMP)
You're right. I thought about including verbiage to that effect in my reply above. It looks like tablets (and the opinion piece the /. story refers to speaks to 'new tablets' like the iPad and various Androids vs. XP laptops sans keyboards) are moving into new spaces.
I anticipate that some Android manufacturer will find a way to boot those traditional tablets to the curb. The only trick at the moment is that many of them seem to run some custom application that the vendor may not wish to port. But given the potential smaller size and greater efficiency of the new hardware/OS combos, it should only be a matter of time before 'supplant' is the correct verb.
Not yet though.
TL;DR: you're right.
Yeah but what "market" are we talking about here?
Beats the shit outta me. I was merely pointing out that the grandparent was replying to something that wasn't said in the article or in the summary. Hell, after reading the 'article', I see it was merely an opinion piece that doesn't really cite anything other than a Samsung VP (or was in engineer?)
Spoken by somebody with young eyes and fingers. Get to a certain point in life and 'just the bigger screen' is not a phrase that makes sense.
That said, to this hacker it seems absurd to think of an iPad representing freedom. It looks to me more like a cross between an etch-a-sketch, finger paints, and a television.
Except that two of the three things you mention are totally freeform products for creating all sorts of stuff. It gets even weirder when an avowed Apple fan such as myself acknowledges that this isn't the iPad's forte.
Methinks people shouldn't denigrate the etch-a-sketch and fingerpaints.
I was given to understand that the reason the Ipad hasn't succeeded in a business environment is because the Windows based Tablet already dominates that market. I know the local hospital purchased a ton of tablets recently when they underwent a huge remodeling.
Except that's not what the article or the summary say. It is about how the iPad is supplanting those traditional tablets.
Good idea. They'll get used to living in a cardboard box at a young age.
Slashdot poster using a treadmill? That's cute.
Shyeah right... The photos clearly show some new form of kryptonite, which has been subjected to trans-positited fillifitation of ferrous ions within the crystalline structural matrix.
Really? I thought the telltale sign of that reaction was that the biologic component took on the appearance of rusty hand tools?
Raimi.
Driving used vehicles (paid cash, no loans) for decades helped pay off my mortgages (no new houses either, so I own my homes instead of the bank), more than paid off my considerable tool collection (which I use for many other things),
High on the list? Fixing your old POS car.
I keed, I keed, my 13 yo car just died, and I'm looking for a suitable 5-10 year old replacement. But, yeah, my garage got a bit of a workout in the past couple of years.
UPS is looking at all sorts of answers to the problem of fuel costs. I know that they had one vehicle that ran on compressed air.
It does not "beg the question." To beg the question is to employ circular reasoning.
That begs the question: "Who really cares?"
Larry Boucher intended SCSI to be an acronym all along. Pronounced "sexy." That didn't quite happen. I still think you're sexy, Larry.
From sexy to scuzzy in one easy lesson.
Your mom sure is a good student.
Slashdot celebrity? How? WTF is MrBabyMan?
Why should the studios be concerned with the problems of either Netflix or the phone carriers? As a matter of fact, if the viewing experience is negative, all the better for them. It pushes more views on cable, theatres, DVD rentals, etc.
If I'm not mistaken, all mobile phones have backdoors for telco's to use, for silently pushing firmware updates and bricking phones, etc.
I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's what my cousin told me, who works with setting up mobile infrastructure.
No kidding? Well, my best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
He never stated that they were based on what he could accomplish best.
I think step five might be the secret sauce.
Acceptable if this had been a reason cited for his reluctance to perform his own maintenance and repairs. He talked of a lack of available time. Time that, by his own admission, he directs towards dicking with his guitar and tv.
How did you get data from the old drive to the new one? I have the 1 TB model, but that won't last forever.
Incredibly enough, despite the submitter being 'kdawson', nobody has blamed him.