Look at who Apple is making the big pitch to - newspapers - the people who so did NOT get the web that they're folding (pun intended:-)
Why? Because to anyone outside the newspaper industry, 1024x768 for daily use is a joke. We've moved to a wide-screen format - the 4:3 format had a long run, but that was back in the "t00b" display days.
The iPad is looking more like a sick joke at this point.
I doubt that. Quake 1 ran okay on a 486 most of the time (as long as you either had a VooDoo card or kept the detail right down and didn't play multiplayer with more than two people in a room at once). Quake II needed a Pentium.
You probably never had a 486-120. For its time, it was a SCREAMER:-)
While I agree with you on price apple has just undercut the rest of the market for that type of device by20-30%. It willtake (sic) every other company atleast (sic) a year to respond with competitive devices
A fully-pimped out iPad is $1,000.00 (anyone who buys the base model is going to experience lunch-bag letdown within 6 months). And it still doesn't do what every other tablet on the market does.
Also, there are almost 50 competitors that have said they will have products on the market in time for this years' holiday season - that's 7-8 months from now. Wait. You'll be able to buy 2 for the price of one iPad. = and they'll have more features (better resolution, full OS, etc).
It doesn't help "move standards forward" or anything - it means that people will be asked to design for a specific resolution. We're going backwards - remember all those "Best viewed with Internet Explorer at 800x600"?
There are still too many sites out there that use a fixed-width table layout - on todays wide-screen monitors, all the content is in the left third of the browser.
Morons. (But what do you expect for people who "want their site to look good on a device that hasn't sold a single unit" - they've bought into the hype.
Novell today announced that it will pay Oracle Corp $500 million in cash and $550 million in stock to buy MySQL.
This is seen as a defensive tactic to fend off the hostile takeover bid from Elliott Associates LP, their third-largest shareholder.. A news release from the company said "This is the best long-term alternative to enhance stockholder value." Elliot Associates LP had previously offered $2 billion for Novell, an offer that was widely seen as a cash grab.
In a measure that will help reduce both SPAM and glbal worming, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) today announced that they will be dropping the "Carbon Copy (CC) field from the email standard.
Spammers will no longer be able to CC: hundreds of people at once, thus shifting more of the load from mail servers to individual zombie computers. This will allow for easier detection by anti-spam software runing on host systems, due to the several orders of magnitude increase in Internet traffic that will be required to send spam.
That's why they're announcing it on slashdot - the one place they can test trial on an endangered species without causing any real reduction in reproductive options.
Apple has announced that, while iPad users won't be able to run OSX, they will be able to run Windows 7 Mobile. The cost of the upgrade wasn't available, but a source inside Apple said that it would be "reasonably priced for an Apple... an extra $1,500 to $2,000."
This may be the only way for iPad owners to run essential apps such as Youtube unless they want to stick with the new YouTube TEXTp ASCII-art display mode
Apparently Youtube isn't the only one - Slashdot is finally killing off their buggy Web 2.0 interface and supporting real web standards. They'e waiting until tomorrow to announce it by first letting everyone overdose on the stupid flash "roulette chat".
People would be far, far less likely to pirate movies if they knew they were going to hit public domain in 5 years.
But they'll still pirate them knowing that they can buy them on DVD/Blu-ray in less than 5 years. Cheap leaching SOBs. Which totally contradicts your next point...
Give the public a fairly-priced, unencumbered digital version to download and reduce the copyright durations to sane levels, and I'd be willing to bet piracy would all but vanish overnight.
Your sense of entitlement doesn't give you the right to rip someone else off of the fruits of their labour. How would you like it if linux code were all public domain in 5 years? No obligation to donate improvements back to the community.
that is the only purpose for copyright: to give content creators the incentive to create the content. Anything more than the minimum duration required to provide that incentive is counterproductive in every possible way.
So even you would agree that pirating new and relatively recent stuff shold be illegal.
So, roll back copyright to the same as patents - 21 years. NOTHING CHANGES.
What percentage of "screeners" being downloaded are more than 21 years old? "Wahh but I don't want to wait 21 years for my free crap!!!" is not an excuse.
... or they can do what they're doing now - go after illegal downloads and kick them in the nuts for $3k apiece.
Their product, their say as to whether they want to stream it or not. They've decided that the current system:
Theatrical release
Pay per view
Home DVD/Blu-ray
Network TV
Sue illegal downloaders
... is the way they want to go. Their choice, and you can bet they've run the numbers and decided this is the way to make the most $$$. I'm happy to wait for either the dvd/blu-ray or tv option. Cost-benefit-wise, it's better than possibly paying a much larger sum for a download.
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Look at who Apple is making the big pitch to - newspapers - the people who so did NOT get the web that they're folding (pun intended :-)
Why? Because to anyone outside the newspaper industry, 1024x768 for daily use is a joke. We've moved to a wide-screen format - the 4:3 format had a long run, but that was back in the "t00b" display days.
The iPad is looking more like a sick joke at this point.
You probably never had a 486-120. For its time, it was a SCREAMER :-)
Oh for the simpler "good old days" ...
A fully-pimped out iPad is $1,000.00 (anyone who buys the base model is going to experience lunch-bag letdown within 6 months). And it still doesn't do what every other tablet on the market does.
Also, there are almost 50 competitors that have said they will have products on the market in time for this years' holiday season - that's 7-8 months from now. Wait. You'll be able to buy 2 for the price of one iPad. = and they'll have more features (better resolution, full OS, etc).
It doesn't help "move standards forward" or anything - it means that people will be asked to design for a specific resolution. We're going backwards - remember all those "Best viewed with Internet Explorer at 800x600"?
There are still too many sites out there that use a fixed-width table layout - on todays wide-screen monitors, all the content is in the left third of the browser.
Morons. (But what do you expect for people who "want their site to look good on a device that hasn't sold a single unit" - they've bought into the hype.
You mean like Novell To Buy MySQL From Oracle For $1.1B Cash And Stock
Maybe they can use it to get a better look at this story from earlier today: Surprise Results From NASA Mars Satellite Public-Picked Photos.
Come on, it's only been set up since 4:54 AM today - just in time for April Fools. Submit stuff if you think you can do better :-)
Wouldn't you get charged with assault for trying to squish them into the photocopy machine sheet feeder?
Maybe that's what the tie is for - feed the tie in, and the rest of the boss will follow ...
In Soviet Russia, spam no longer CC's YOU!
Just be glad you don't live in Texas: Death Penalty Sought In Texas File-Sharing Case>Death Penalty Sought In Texas File-Sharing Case
That's why they're announcing it on slashdot - the one place they can test trial on an endangered species without causing any real reduction in reproductive options.
The Do-It-Yourself Crunchpad Kit
Slashdot To Kill Off Web 2.0 Interface in response to complaints.
Then you should be using slashdots' new VLB (Very Low Bandwidth) interface.
They should run slashdot through an aa filter - get rid of the buggy "Web 2.0" interface ... oh wait - they're going to announce that in the "mysterious future"!
Apparently Youtube isn't the only one - Slashdot is finally killing off their buggy Web 2.0 interface and supporting real web standards. They'e waiting until tomorrow to announce it by first letting everyone overdose on the stupid flash "roulette chat".
Apparently they're not too happy with the feature requests from the Ubuntu people
YoutTube's TEXTp Saves You Bandwidth and Money">
apparently it will save Youtube lots of money AND allow them to do streaming 1080p videotext.
Scientists are doing a lot of strange things nowadays ...Scientists Use Gene Splicing To Create Real "Cadbury Easter Eggs"
But they'll still pirate them knowing that they can buy them on DVD/Blu-ray in less than 5 years. Cheap leaching SOBs. Which totally contradicts your next point ...
Your sense of entitlement doesn't give you the right to rip someone else off of the fruits of their labour. How would you like it if linux code were all public domain in 5 years? No obligation to donate improvements back to the community.
In Soviet Russia, sex.com goes down on YOU!
Too bad you're on slashdot instead of Soviet Russia.
So even you would agree that pirating new and relatively recent stuff shold be illegal.
So, roll back copyright to the same as patents - 21 years. NOTHING CHANGES.
What percentage of "screeners" being downloaded are more than 21 years old? "Wahh but I don't want to wait 21 years for my free crap!!!" is not an excuse.
Their product, their say as to whether they want to stream it or not. They've decided that the current system: