I'm anything but an Apple hater. I wouldn't go as far as calling myself a fanboy, but I have a long-standing interest in their products.
In any case, yes, you can create all kinds of amazing stuff with an iPad. The question is: How many people do? Really, it's a slim minority. Most people use them to consume media.
With Linux 3.0, Firefox 5, and the weekly Chrome version bump, "version numbers" are essentially meaningless.
Version numbers are really a relic of the boxed software, major release days anyway. Rolling updates seem to be the future, so build numbers may be more appropriate.
Hey, they got Bin Laden through his courier. All they need is a bit of intelligence from this guy (I know, "lulz" and "intelligence" don't exactly go together), and they can get pretty far.
My giveadamn for the anti-Sony crowd is broken. "Boo-hoo! I want to install Linux on this! There isn't anything else I can install Linux on! I want to install Linux on THIS system from THIS company!"
Why does this always have to degenerate into a Campbell's Chunky Soup "Fork or Spoon" debate? Why not just use the most appropriate interface for the task at hand?
A GUI can be shit for some things, and (unless you live and breathe CLI) a CLI can be too complex and unwieldy for other things.
The shocking news that quantum effects will put an end to conventional integrated circuits.
Jiminy Cricket! I wish I was smart enough to make that prediction! It's only been common knowledge in the tech community for a couple of decades. Maybe there's a Nobel Prize for belaboring the obvious that Kaku's going for.
I watched Michio Kaku's TV series on Science Channel last year, and that's the very impression that I got: He's excellent at summarizing other people's thoughts and, no matter how old the concepts, presenting them as his own genius breakthroughs.
Passive-aggressiveness aside, even if it's not actually "accepted", they look past the age assumptions and accept that there's a sizable (even if socially undesirable) market for games with mature themes. In the US, they form senate subcommittees to investigate the brief appearance of a nipple.
As for Europe (oh no, the "otaku" card doesn't come into play anymore), look on just about any comic rack there and there's all kinds of books with sex jokes. It's been like that for decades.
(And perhaps you can tell by my 5 digit user ID that I've been stuck with this username for so long that I don't actually remember when I registered it.)
Just like with comics and animation, the west (or more specifically, North America) has this decades-long issue where it is automatically assumed that videogames are children's entertainment.
Other parts of the world, like Japan, and parts of Europe, have gotten over this and accept that those forms of entertainment can be for mature adults, so their games, comics, and animation can be a bit more risqué.
And granted they seem to be trying to prevent people upgrading laptops using off the shelf components. But that's still not an indication of being overpriced, just an indication of evilness. They don't have a monopoly on Laptops, so you can still buy from someone else if that makes you unhappy.
Really? My MacBook Pro came with illustrated instructions on how to replace the RAM and HDD. It was a very, very simple process. Simpler than most laptops I've had the displeasure of upgrading. I even asked Apple if it would possibly void the warranty, and they said "absolutely not, go right ahead".
The MacBook Air... now that's a different story, and a different beast altogether. It's the price you pay for extreme miniaturization.
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I'm anything but an Apple hater. I wouldn't go as far as calling myself a fanboy, but I have a long-standing interest in their products.
In any case, yes, you can create all kinds of amazing stuff with an iPad. The question is: How many people do? Really, it's a slim minority. Most people use them to consume media.
First: The iPad is generally a media consumption machine. I thought we'd already agreed on that.
Second: You're preaching to the choir. Or is this just an article meant to reassure us about our opinion?
I wonder if this is the same exploit used by the old Windows app "BitchSlap".
I remember entering the IP address of someone who annoyed me into it, then seeing them disappear from IRC.
Good times.
You actually read the articles?
With Linux 3.0, Firefox 5, and the weekly Chrome version bump, "version numbers" are essentially meaningless.
Version numbers are really a relic of the boxed software, major release days anyway. Rolling updates seem to be the future, so build numbers may be more appropriate.
Hey, they got Bin Laden through his courier. All they need is a bit of intelligence from this guy (I know, "lulz" and "intelligence" don't exactly go together), and they can get pretty far.
Did you even read the parent to my post?
Oh, I guess not.
A better analogy would be "Well, I wouldn't have had to hit the bitch if she didn't cut the brake lines in my car."
My giveadamn for the anti-Sony crowd is broken. "Boo-hoo! I want to install Linux on this! There isn't anything else I can install Linux on! I want to install Linux on THIS system from THIS company!"
FFS, grow up, junior.
Pick your poison: Jobs, Ballmer, RMS.
Why does this always have to degenerate into a Campbell's Chunky Soup "Fork or Spoon" debate? Why not just use the most appropriate interface for the task at hand?
A GUI can be shit for some things, and (unless you live and breathe CLI) a CLI can be too complex and unwieldy for other things.
I'm sure he has a GNU/Tron Dance ready to perform in celebration.
So they've been keeping us safe from aliens this whole time?
We got transistors from the alien craft that crashed at Roswell.
Don't they teach you anything in school?
Ridiculous as it sounds, yes.
I've also heard that, if they ever get there, the next major overhaul will be OS X 11.0.
At the same time, you don't have to expect anyone to use your (donated) code.
The shocking news that quantum effects will put an end to conventional integrated circuits.
Jiminy Cricket! I wish I was smart enough to make that prediction! It's only been common knowledge in the tech community for a couple of decades. Maybe there's a Nobel Prize for belaboring the obvious that Kaku's going for.
I watched Michio Kaku's TV series on Science Channel last year, and that's the very impression that I got: He's excellent at summarizing other people's thoughts and, no matter how old the concepts, presenting them as his own genius breakthroughs.
"Those people are not in an abundence in the world."
Maybe not, but they've clustered fairly well into IT departments.
I wasn't aware that capitalizing proper nouns made you an astroturfer. I guess I should be getting paid by everyone, then.
Ya, encyclopedias on CD were "the future"... in 1990.
My school had a Mac with a CD-ROM, and a copy of the Grolier (I think) encyclopedia. It was the most amazing thing at the time.
I'd say incompetence is still a major factor in this.
They didn't *used* to be afraid of selling complicated plot lines.
Most of the stuff coming out of Japan nowadays is insipid, cookie-cutter bullshit.
Passive-aggressiveness aside, even if it's not actually "accepted", they look past the age assumptions and accept that there's a sizable (even if socially undesirable) market for games with mature themes. In the US, they form senate subcommittees to investigate the brief appearance of a nipple.
As for Europe (oh no, the "otaku" card doesn't come into play anymore), look on just about any comic rack there and there's all kinds of books with sex jokes. It's been like that for decades.
(And perhaps you can tell by my 5 digit user ID that I've been stuck with this username for so long that I don't actually remember when I registered it.)
Just like with comics and animation, the west (or more specifically, North America) has this decades-long issue where it is automatically assumed that videogames are children's entertainment.
Other parts of the world, like Japan, and parts of Europe, have gotten over this and accept that those forms of entertainment can be for mature adults, so their games, comics, and animation can be a bit more risqué.
And granted they seem to be trying to prevent people upgrading laptops using off the shelf components. But that's still not an indication of being overpriced, just an indication of evilness. They don't have a monopoly on Laptops, so you can still buy from someone else if that makes you unhappy.
Really? My MacBook Pro came with illustrated instructions on how to replace the RAM and HDD. It was a very, very simple process. Simpler than most laptops I've had the displeasure of upgrading. I even asked Apple if it would possibly void the warranty, and they said "absolutely not, go right ahead".
The MacBook Air... now that's a different story, and a different beast altogether. It's the price you pay for extreme miniaturization.