False. Like most tools like this it is simple but inflexible. There are lots of things that you can do with it but it's nonsense to say "... build just about any android app you can imagine"
I think that you're asking this question a few years too soon. At the moment the size of the US market drives and supports investment. I suspect that you need to be sure that you will sell a large number of devices there before you can afford to develop new products. India and China will eventually start to drive innovation at the cutting edge but individual people there are just not wealthy enough yet. This is speculation because I'm not an expert in this stuff.
The commentary in the video said that they'd demonstrated an early version a year ago and then disappeared. They're back now that they've got something new to show.
Why do you think that the planet is trying to tell us anything? If the planet is trying to communicate with us, why does it use swarms of jellyfish as its medium?
Unless you work in the games industry, there's no reason why you should care. However, the question that the games industry (or some parts of it perhaps) needs to ask is, "are we leaving money on the table?". If there is some part of the market that is not being addressed, there may be an opportunity for some developers.
Why do we all have to bend over backwards to try to get people who have no interest in our hobbies to be interested in our hobbies? They're just not interested, so why the hell should I care?
There's a big assumption in what you wrote but that does not matter if you're not working in the industry.
Question for UK residents... Is it still, or was it ever, common for middle class folks to pay extra to avoid the government health care system?
"Avoid" is the wrong word. Some companies include private health insurance as part of the "package" they pay you. I would suggest that most companies who offer this and most people who take out private health insurance use private health care as a way of avoiding queues. (If you want a routine procedure on the NHS, you may have to wait a while). Lots of people choose private health care because private hospitals tend to be in better condition and often have individual rooms rather than wards.
I had an aunt who worked in the NHS. She said that for a very common operation it wouldn't make much difference if you went for NHS or private treatment. But for anything rare, she would recommend NHS every time, because the doctors would see it more often and therefore have more experience than in private practice. I felt that that was a simplification when she told me that (because some doctors/consultants do both) but I didn't pursue it at the time.
The few people who found out about bitcoin back in 2009 were able to mine a very significant percentage of all the bitcoins that will ever be created
This is nonsense. Five minutes of searching on bitcoin.org will tell you that the majority of "bitcoins that will ever be created" has still to be created.
I think that the system as implemented restricts the speed at which new coins can be created, so the "attacker's" second option is not available. I don't know enough about this to say anything about the first option.
These things are aimed at the friends and relatives whose PCs we are asked to fix, "because the internet is running slow". A significant proportion of these are used for browsing, writing simple letters, email, uploading photos or Facebook. If my mother was still alive, I'd have bought one of these for her in a moment. Once Google release the "local" versions of Google Docs, these will be perfect for that market.
1. Google are going to release local versions of their apps. The problem of the network not being available would be a problem no matter what sort of computer you have.
2. This is interesting but I would expect Google to be better at this sort of thing than Sony. It will be interesting to see how Google "sells" backups. Is your stuff going to be backed up automatically at Google's end? Or are they going to want you to pay extra for that service?
3. I'm not sure about that. The wholesale retraining thing will not be completely new as MS insist on changing the interface to Office every time they upgrade. In any case I don't think this will be taken up much by people who are using MS Office directly.
4. It will be used by organisations who don't need flexibility. For example call-centres, insurance organisations etc. The sorts of people who get these will use only a very restricted set of SW all day every day.
I agree to a certain extent, but what preceded the industrial revolution was certainly not shorter working hours (or indeed better working conditions).
Any regime which does not provide relief for people currently on earth, instead promising something better for future generations / afterlife reincarnations, is a dangerous con.
This is not what you were saying originally. You said: "If capitalism were a success, we'd all be working fewer hours and adults would be living significantly longer. We are not and they are not." I believe that people do work fewer hours than they did 200 years ago (at least in the UK) and I know that they do live longer (again in the UK). I believe also that the society I live in does make my life better (than it would have been in the distant past). However, I believe that someone like me but living 200 years in the future will probably have a better life than the one I am enjoying. That's progress and I believe that that is the point of it all, even though I don't have kids.
However, to address your argument, what would you say is the point of human progress? Surely the whole point of civilisation is that things get better over time? Over centuries in enlightened economies, people have worked for less hours, become wealthier and lived longer. It would be a very solipsistic view of all of recorded history to claim that we should have arrived at the point where most of our time can be spent in leisure just in time for you and I to enjoy it.
If capitalism were a success, we'd all be working fewer hours...
Why do you think that this should have happened already? Maybe in 100 years or 200 years, we will all be working fewer hours. Adults are already living significantly longer than they were even 30 years ago in developed economies. as these UK figures show. I think if we are to make bald statements ("capitalism doesn't work", "socialism doesn't work") we need to look at things over a very long period of time. A single incident isn't going to give much insight either way.
Europe is made up of several different countries. England is one country. Germany is another. France is still another. Sort of like your states but probably more autonomous.
Having said that, the UK has had rail accidents and you can find what seems to be a comprehensive list on Wikipedia. Potters Bar is a recent example. I'm not sure whether it fits your thesis, however.
Why are you trying to sound authoritative about this when you have not read the article? It's not wishful thinking - the article gives several examples of this sort of system in use.
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You don't have the patience to sit through a video that is 1 minute and 24 seconds long?
False. Like most tools like this it is simple but inflexible. There are lots of things that you can do with it but it's nonsense to say "... build just about any android app you can imagine"
I think that you're asking this question a few years too soon. At the moment the size of the US market drives and supports investment. I suspect that you need to be sure that you will sell a large number of devices there before you can afford to develop new products. India and China will eventually start to drive innovation at the cutting edge but individual people there are just not wealthy enough yet. This is speculation because I'm not an expert in this stuff.
The commentary in the video said that they'd demonstrated an early version a year ago and then disappeared. They're back now that they've got something new to show.
That sounds a bit paranoid to me. Perhaps you should talk to your doctor. You could probably get drugs to help you with that.
Why do you think that the planet is trying to tell us anything? If the planet is trying to communicate with us, why does it use swarms of jellyfish as its medium?
Are you sure about this? Canterbury Cathedral was damaged by an earthquake 600-odd years ago. It has never been "demolished" by an earthquake.
Unless you work in the games industry, there's no reason why you should care. However, the question that the games industry (or some parts of it perhaps) needs to ask is, "are we leaving money on the table?". If there is some part of the market that is not being addressed, there may be an opportunity for some developers.
There's a big assumption in what you wrote but that does not matter if you're not working in the industry.
"Avoid" is the wrong word. Some companies include private health insurance as part of the "package" they pay you. I would suggest that most companies who offer this and most people who take out private health insurance use private health care as a way of avoiding queues. (If you want a routine procedure on the NHS, you may have to wait a while). Lots of people choose private health care because private hospitals tend to be in better condition and often have individual rooms rather than wards.
I had an aunt who worked in the NHS. She said that for a very common operation it wouldn't make much difference if you went for NHS or private treatment. But for anything rare, she would recommend NHS every time, because the doctors would see it more often and therefore have more experience than in private practice. I felt that that was a simplification when she told me that (because some doctors/consultants do both) but I didn't pursue it at the time.
Putting very mildly indeed, iTunes Match is an important announcement.
This is nonsense. Five minutes of searching on bitcoin.org will tell you that the majority of "bitcoins that will ever be created" has still to be created.
I think that the system as implemented restricts the speed at which new coins can be created, so the "attacker's" second option is not available. I don't know enough about this to say anything about the first option.
These things are aimed at the friends and relatives whose PCs we are asked to fix, "because the internet is running slow". A significant proportion of these are used for browsing, writing simple letters, email, uploading photos or Facebook. If my mother was still alive, I'd have bought one of these for her in a moment. Once Google release the "local" versions of Google Docs, these will be perfect for that market.
I'm not so certain:
1. Google are going to release local versions of their apps. The problem of the network not being available would be a problem no matter what sort of computer you have.
2. This is interesting but I would expect Google to be better at this sort of thing than Sony. It will be interesting to see how Google "sells" backups. Is your stuff going to be backed up automatically at Google's end? Or are they going to want you to pay extra for that service?
3. I'm not sure about that. The wholesale retraining thing will not be completely new as MS insist on changing the interface to Office every time they upgrade. In any case I don't think this will be taken up much by people who are using MS Office directly.
4. It will be used by organisations who don't need flexibility. For example call-centres, insurance organisations etc. The sorts of people who get these will use only a very restricted set of SW all day every day.
I agree to a certain extent, but what preceded the industrial revolution was certainly not shorter working hours (or indeed better working conditions).
This is not what you were saying originally. You said: "If capitalism were a success, we'd all be working fewer hours and adults would be living significantly longer. We are not and they are not."
I believe that people do work fewer hours than they did 200 years ago (at least in the UK) and I know that they do live longer (again in the UK). I believe also that the society I live in does make my life better (than it would have been in the distant past). However, I believe that someone like me but living 200 years in the future will probably have a better life than the one I am enjoying. That's progress and I believe that that is the point of it all, even though I don't have kids.
"Like the preacher"? Bit of a straw man there.
However, to address your argument, what would you say is the point of human progress? Surely the whole point of civilisation is that things get better over time? Over centuries in enlightened economies, people have worked for less hours, become wealthier and lived longer. It would be a very solipsistic view of all of recorded history to claim that we should have arrived at the point where most of our time can be spent in leisure just in time for you and I to enjoy it.
Why do you think that this should have happened already? Maybe in 100 years or 200 years, we will all be working fewer hours. Adults are already living significantly longer than they were even 30 years ago in developed economies. as these UK figures show. I think if we are to make bald statements ("capitalism doesn't work", "socialism doesn't work") we need to look at things over a very long period of time. A single incident isn't going to give much insight either way.
I've just re-read my message and I'm appalled at how patronising it sounds. My apologies.
Europe is made up of several different countries. England is one country. Germany is another. France is still another. Sort of like your states but probably more autonomous.
Having said that, the UK has had rail accidents and you can find what seems to be a comprehensive list on Wikipedia. Potters Bar is a recent example. I'm not sure whether it fits your thesis, however.
Protesting too much are we?
The TI stuff is a bit of a mess for Mac and Linux.
Do you have any evidence for this assertion?
"15 years of rivalry ends with Losers Alliance"
Why are you trying to sound authoritative about this when you have not read the article? It's not wishful thinking - the article gives several examples of this sort of system in use.