It's because we didn't constantly fuck with our phones back then!
An iPhone 4 can easily go a week without charging it if you turn off all the push functionality, e-mail checking, ONLY use it for calls and don't spend a lot of time on the phone.
But because we want to do so many things with our phones now, of course the battery life won't be as good as it used to be.:)
Towns and cities that came about before the automobile tend to be sanely designed, with a cluster of high density housing surrounded by farmland. Examples are New York, Boston, Philadelphia, etc.
Those that came about (mostly) after the automobile tend to be spread out, with lots of suburbia, long distances between..pretty much anything, and useless if you don't have your own car. Good examples are Miami, Orlando, LA, and the San Francisco Bay Area. (the city itself is pretty good)
Since pretty much *all* of Europe was developed before the car came along, pretty much all of Europe is high density towns/cities surrounded by farmland, with good public transit infrastructure. It's all about when our respective parts of the world "grew up". I think the priorities are all wrong; the automobile should be for long distance travel, not daily use... but that's just the way it happened. In the USA there's this fascination with the automobile... especially 60-70 years ago.
>betting on a Google server failure or data breach
Nah, it's not this.
Google has proven they can no longer be trusted. People have had their accounts suspended for "name violations" and other perceived ToS violations that have led to loss of access to Gmail. They CLAIM to have fixed the issues, but then I see more people suspended. Also, their appeal process is inefficient and unreliable (I know one person waiting over two weeks now and their account still isn't fixed)
Especially in the US, we don't really manufacture much anymore. A good percentage of our GDP is intellectual property. So of course people are going to go overboard in protecting it.
How is "transmitting" the video over the Internet any different than "transmitting" it over an HDMI cable from a local DVD player to a television? In both cases, bits are being moved, and only one person has access to them.
The funny thing is that in today's highly connected world, it's probably safer to write down your complex password at home than to use a simple one you can remember and don't need to write down.
A written-down password on a post-it note can only be read by those who have physical access. So if someone cracks your account due to it, it will likely be someone you know, such as family or a visitor. Whereas a simple password you remember can be guessed by anyone on the Internet.
Which is more likely to be compromised? If you trust those you allow into your home, it's more likely to be the simple password.
I once got an infringement notice that I was sharing the movie "Stepmom". Given that I've never even heard of the movie, much less seen it, I just ignored it and went on with my life.
Right now ISPs typically just forward infringement notices to their users and don't actually penalize anyone for it. If they start penalizing people, it could become a problem. Dynamic IPs change all the time, trackers can hold onto client IP lists for quite some time, and false positives will happen.
The movie/TV industry COULD do things to make piracy less attractive. Like, sell high quality versions of films and TV shows, DRM-free at reasonable prices. The music industry already figured it out; I used to pirate music all the time when it was DRM-encumbered, but ever since the DRM went away I've pirated almost nothing. Same goes with many of my friends.
When do we just say that there's always some acceptable risk in any form of transportation and stop being so freakin' paranoid about every possibility?
>For instance, Where the hell is a simple play queue? Nothing more severe than ad-hoc play queue... no temporary playlists please.
My gods, try using the software for more than five minutes before criticizing it. It's under iTunes DJ.
I haven't run into the other issues you had, but simply HAD to advise you on this one because it's so obvious you didn't poke around the software very much!
I doubt anyone will read this, as it's WAY down on the list and a lot has already been said. But with that out of the way...
1) Is a laptop with an A4/A5 style CPU and iOS a good idea?
Yes. It would be awesome to have a machine that can run 15 hours on a battery charge and do all the basic "hanging around on the net" stuff like web browsing, IM, simple games, etc.
2) Should this iOS laptop/desktop replace current Macs?
NO! iOS is too limited to replace Mac OS X, especially right now. I don't know about most people, but when I sit at a computer I'm frequently doing several things at a time. I have IM windows open, shells to everywhere, web browsers, mail client, IRC, Twitter, etc. All going on at once, all in separate windows so I can follow one thing while I do another.
3) Is there room in the marketplace for both tablet-based and regular computers?
YES. Different users have different needs. Macs are selling well and making Apple money. iOS is also selling well and making Apple money. There's no reason to discontinue or merge them.
Apple has been known for making rash, emotional decisions that don't make sense. (Read about the Apple II for the most famous example) I really hope they don't make one now.
That doesn't make any sense. Why does there need to be a pact for Microsoft to be able to match an offer? Can't they just match the offer, pact or not?
I just don't see the point of the pact if it doesn't really require anyone to do anything.
They pretty much ARE all scams. They WILL give away a few free iPads/iPods/etc., but to very few people. The purpose of this is to create a small group of folks who will insist to their friends that they DID win one, and that the scammers aren't lying! As a result, thousands more people sign up to win, and as a result, the companies get boatloads of personal information, credit card referral checks and so on. What's better for a scammer than free advertising where a friend tells another that it's legit and they should sign up?:)
If there's a small startup, and a half dozen people are working there and manage to turn it from a small startup into a successful company, don't you think the employees deserve to share in some of the success as well?
This isn't a case of what they deserve legally. It's more a case of "We built this company. We did it together. Let's all share in the spoils!"
I think it makes sense. There's that famous story of Apple's startup days, when Woz noticed some of the employees who were criticial to the company's success didn't get any stock, and Woz gave them some of his own because he felt they contributed.
If the owners of a six person company become billionaires and the employees only get their piddly (in comparison) salaries, and NOTHING more for what they accomplished, who's being greedy now?
>So if you aren't like me who enjoys laying down at the pool
It's not that hard to put up an umbrella so you get some shade, ya know.
Not only can you read your screen better but you won't have freaking skin cancer in your 40s. But then I'm probably an oddball in that I can't tan and burn like no tomorrow in the sun. Freaking stupid freckles.
Even IF your job is editing 1080p video, 1200 is superior because you get room at the top and bottom for a scrub bar, and additional controls, without intruding on the image.
Computer displays should have stayed 1920x1200, but it's a lot cheaper just to make tons of 1920x1080 panels and use the same panels in both TVs and computer displays. Economies of scale.
I love my old Dell 2407WFP. 1920x1200 all the way, damnit.
>It's rather pathetic that school administration would rather you not show up at all than be late.
School administrators these days have big egos. When you threaten those egos by not following their rigidly imposed rules, they will go out of their way to "punish" you. Even if that punishment isn't good for you in the long run.
Expelled? When I was late I would get detention. I'd have to stay after school and could do nothing but homework.They'd frequently assign additional work so I couldn't just use the time to "get ahead" on homework I'd have to do at home anyway.
In other words, the punishment resulted in MORE time in school. This is the right way to do things.
These days it seems they'll suspend for the stupidest things. And given that schools' biggest troublemakers would rather not be there, it almost becomes a reward for them, especially if the parents agree with the reason for the suspension being stupid.
The pony thing was hilarious. Even funnier is I decided to watch the show and actually ended up liking it. I'm living in some weird freaky dimension where a little girls' cartoon show is cool...
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It's because we didn't constantly fuck with our phones back then!
An iPhone 4 can easily go a week without charging it if you turn off all the push functionality, e-mail checking, ONLY use it for calls and don't spend a lot of time on the phone.
But because we want to do so many things with our phones now, of course the battery life won't be as good as it used to be. :)
Towns and cities that came about before the automobile tend to be sanely designed, with a cluster of high density housing surrounded by farmland. Examples are New York, Boston, Philadelphia, etc.
Those that came about (mostly) after the automobile tend to be spread out, with lots of suburbia, long distances between..pretty much anything, and useless if you don't have your own car. Good examples are Miami, Orlando, LA, and the San Francisco Bay Area. (the city itself is pretty good)
Since pretty much *all* of Europe was developed before the car came along, pretty much all of Europe is high density towns/cities surrounded by farmland, with good public transit infrastructure. It's all about when our respective parts of the world "grew up". I think the priorities are all wrong; the automobile should be for long distance travel, not daily use... but that's just the way it happened. In the USA there's this fascination with the automobile... especially 60-70 years ago.
-1 for pedantry.
>betting on a Google server failure or data breach
Nah, it's not this.
Google has proven they can no longer be trusted. People have had their accounts suspended for "name violations" and other perceived ToS violations that have led to loss of access to Gmail. They CLAIM to have fixed the issues, but then I see more people suspended. Also, their appeal process is inefficient and unreliable (I know one person waiting over two weeks now and their account still isn't fixed)
Especially in the US, we don't really manufacture much anymore. A good percentage of our GDP is intellectual property. So of course people are going to go overboard in protecting it.
How is "transmitting" the video over the Internet any different than "transmitting" it over an HDMI cable from a local DVD player to a television? In both cases, bits are being moved, and only one person has access to them.
I hate how convoluted copyright law has become.
Whoosh!
The funny thing is that in today's highly connected world, it's probably safer to write down your complex password at home than to use a simple one you can remember and don't need to write down.
A written-down password on a post-it note can only be read by those who have physical access. So if someone cracks your account due to it, it will likely be someone you know, such as family or a visitor. Whereas a simple password you remember can be guessed by anyone on the Internet.
Which is more likely to be compromised? If you trust those you allow into your home, it's more likely to be the simple password.
I once got an infringement notice that I was sharing the movie "Stepmom". Given that I've never even heard of the movie, much less seen it, I just ignored it and went on with my life.
Right now ISPs typically just forward infringement notices to their users and don't actually penalize anyone for it. If they start penalizing people, it could become a problem. Dynamic IPs change all the time, trackers can hold onto client IP lists for quite some time, and false positives will happen.
The movie/TV industry COULD do things to make piracy less attractive. Like, sell high quality versions of films and TV shows, DRM-free at reasonable prices. The music industry already figured it out; I used to pirate music all the time when it was DRM-encumbered, but ever since the DRM went away I've pirated almost nothing. Same goes with many of my friends.
It's not hard. But they refuse to do it.
When do we just say that there's always some acceptable risk in any form of transportation and stop being so freakin' paranoid about every possibility?
>For instance, Where the hell is a simple play queue? Nothing more severe than ad-hoc play queue... no temporary playlists please.
My gods, try using the software for more than five minutes before criticizing it. It's under iTunes DJ.
I haven't run into the other issues you had, but simply HAD to advise you on this one because it's so obvious you didn't poke around the software very much!
I doubt anyone will read this, as it's WAY down on the list and a lot has already been said. But with that out of the way...
1) Is a laptop with an A4/A5 style CPU and iOS a good idea?
Yes. It would be awesome to have a machine that can run 15 hours on a battery charge and do all the basic "hanging around on the net" stuff like web browsing, IM, simple games, etc.
2) Should this iOS laptop/desktop replace current Macs?
NO! iOS is too limited to replace Mac OS X, especially right now. I don't know about most people, but when I sit at a computer I'm frequently doing several things at a time. I have IM windows open, shells to everywhere, web browsers, mail client, IRC, Twitter, etc. All going on at once, all in separate windows so I can follow one thing while I do another.
3) Is there room in the marketplace for both tablet-based and regular computers?
YES. Different users have different needs. Macs are selling well and making Apple money. iOS is also selling well and making Apple money. There's no reason to discontinue or merge them.
Apple has been known for making rash, emotional decisions that don't make sense. (Read about the Apple II for the most famous example) I really hope they don't make one now.
That doesn't make any sense. Why does there need to be a pact for Microsoft to be able to match an offer? Can't they just match the offer, pact or not?
I just don't see the point of the pact if it doesn't really require anyone to do anything.
They pretty much ARE all scams. They WILL give away a few free iPads/iPods/etc., but to very few people. The purpose of this is to create a small group of folks who will insist to their friends that they DID win one, and that the scammers aren't lying! As a result, thousands more people sign up to win, and as a result, the companies get boatloads of personal information, credit card referral checks and so on. What's better for a scammer than free advertising where a friend tells another that it's legit and they should sign up? :)
My gods, you people are greedy.
If there's a small startup, and a half dozen people are working there and manage to turn it from a small startup into a successful company, don't you think the employees deserve to share in some of the success as well?
This isn't a case of what they deserve legally. It's more a case of "We built this company. We did it together. Let's all share in the spoils!"
I think it makes sense. There's that famous story of Apple's startup days, when Woz noticed some of the employees who were criticial to the company's success didn't get any stock, and Woz gave them some of his own because he felt they contributed.
If the owners of a six person company become billionaires and the employees only get their piddly (in comparison) salaries, and NOTHING more for what they accomplished, who's being greedy now?
>So if you aren't like me who enjoys laying down at the pool
It's not that hard to put up an umbrella so you get some shade, ya know.
Not only can you read your screen better but you won't have freaking skin cancer in your 40s. But then I'm probably an oddball in that I can't tan and burn like no tomorrow in the sun. Freaking stupid freckles.
Even IF your job is editing 1080p video, 1200 is superior because you get room at the top and bottom for a scrub bar, and additional controls, without intruding on the image.
Computer displays should have stayed 1920x1200, but it's a lot cheaper just to make tons of 1920x1080 panels and use the same panels in both TVs and computer displays. Economies of scale.
I love my old Dell 2407WFP. 1920x1200 all the way, damnit.
This is why people like Jason Scott are my heroes.
They're preserving our history, the history that the rest of the world doesn't care about and would happily forget.
Yeah but back then your list was probably just something shared between a few friends, and not posted on the Internet for EVERYONE to see.
That "list" is probably long gone, or buried in a folder somewhere. Stuff you post on the Internet might be forever. There IS a difference here.
I've always wondered what gives them the legal authority to do this.
I've heard of them raiding companies with armed marshals.
>It's rather pathetic that school administration would rather you not show up at all than be late.
School administrators these days have big egos. When you threaten those egos by not following their rigidly imposed rules, they will go out of their way to "punish" you. Even if that punishment isn't good for you in the long run.
Expelled? When I was late I would get detention. I'd have to stay after school and could do nothing but homework.They'd frequently assign additional work so I couldn't just use the time to "get ahead" on homework I'd have to do at home anyway.
In other words, the punishment resulted in MORE time in school. This is the right way to do things.
These days it seems they'll suspend for the stupidest things. And given that schools' biggest troublemakers would rather not be there, it almost becomes a reward for them, especially if the parents agree with the reason for the suspension being stupid.
The pony thing was hilarious. Even funnier is I decided to watch the show and actually ended up liking it. I'm living in some weird freaky dimension where a little girls' cartoon show is cool...
I NEED TO GET BACK HOME DAMNIT!!
Thanks for the correction.
(how often does that happen? Most people get pissed off when you correct them! I like to buck the trend.)
Type >console as the username and no password.
Viola.
It's still there. Stop spreading FUD.
Just because they don't know any better doesn't make them right.