What's with the all-or-nothing approach? They complement each other, just the same as a laptop complements a desktop. I hate to do this but eh, you forced me.. the speed of a tablet (I'm taking ipad into account since that's the only tablet I use regularly) is by no means slow so we'll call the speed thing a moot point. Screen size is known as purchase and is part of the architecture so we'll call that a moot point as well. Storage is different and is not the same as a desktop so we'll call it apples/oranges. Keyboards are addressed in the next sentence. A magnifying glass when your placing a cursor with your finger is by far not "stupid" nor "cumbersome". Actually, it's the exact opposite, since the lack of the two would be the description you've given. As far as fart sounds.. that has to be a phone app or something... unsure what you're talking about. Most games that have come out for tablets in the last year do not look like anything from 1993... do you even remember 1993?
Besides, to play devil's advocate I could just say that a tablet is better for the user you've described because a bluetooth keyboard is far more flexible and can be put away unless really needed. And uhm, a mouse & monitor are not accessories to tablets but thanks for playing.
It's surprising how many merchants on the net are like that. Quite a few times I've caught businesses not using SSL encryption during credit card transactions. It's disturbing...
I was thinking the same thing.. it's like an auto mechanic taking the job of a salesman, and wondering if someone could give him tips on how to show someone whats under the hood...
yeah seriously.. it used to be that people thought the web was the internet, now I bet it'll get the point that people think facebook is the internet. I actually had someone ask me my internet email address, I told them and with a blank face they said "no, your email name".
But I thought scientists have already said that there has been no real life scenarios showing destruction or damage with the activities occurring in todays world?
Until we have a dead world, we'll never know! Let's get to work!
Way to go, you've combined segments of nearly every group of people into one group... and yet systematically combined all the things each of the groups hate.
You'd also have to think about if your app would work on every hardware model running your app. It's another dimension to the game, so don't let this little snafu get in your way.
Using a sim card to store data is so old-school. Personally, I use Google's features to store data like that. It can be done with other LDAP style tech as well. It's wide-open now, thankfully. Google voice/calendar & Apple iCal are the two most prominent.
Actually, I praise that since the sim card is provider-dependent and should be considered a temporary piece of your life.
I agree, I use that. Strange thing is I've had lots of people laughing at me, saying how I go around spending a lot of money on phones and not on other things. I'm baffled at that really, since I picked up a 1 week old used HTC HD2 for $225 and slapped the card in it, done. Mathematically, in 10 months I paid the phone off... and not being locked into a 2 year contract. Of course, I used it for a year and got another phone... but the option was there without another 2 year contract being tacked onto the next phone.
$60/month (+taxes/tags) for 4G 1,000 minutes/unlimited data/unlimited text, with wifi hotspot on phone & signal that was 95% uninterrupted from San Diego to New Orleans. I've actually looked hard for any competition in that realm, I've yet to find it. Unfortunately, their broadband plans for iPad/etc is $10 more than AT&T's offerings so no love there...
No, it's actually far far far more fragmented than that. It's not anywhere near the GSM market crying and picking up CDMA. Read up, it'll help you. Here's a good start, and you can extend your knowledge into more technical realms once you get the basics down: http://gizmodo.com/5637136/giz-explains-gsm-vs-cdma
For all intents and purposes, the whole "fanboy" lure is very cliche. Do stop, it's unbecoming.
Come on, seriously, research what you say before you say it! Oh my god... everyone knows that GSM is being run on the AT&T network, and the rest is just extensions to the network. I don't mention that I have 110-120v electricity in my house when I get an surge protector, but the fact that I'm in the USA pretty much says it dead on. It's the same with AT&T... they run GSM, it's a given.
CDMA - Verizon, Cricket, Sprint, Virgin Mobile, probably quite a few others. IDEN - Boost, Sprint Legacy GSM - AT&T, T-Mobile, and maybe another company I don't know about.
Although over the years I've come to the point of leaving gaming to the game systems and computing & internet to the computer. It's a personal preference thing with games, though. World Of Warcraft (I refuse to use WoW as a term for it), Everquest, and whatever other MMORPG there are, really suck you in I guess when your faceplanted against the screen with keyboard and mouse.
Good point... and I didn't see Fat Man & Little Boy penetrating anything as it detonated in the air. I do have to admit though, the idea of penetrating a couple of feet of concrete then detonating something of high magnitude is guaranteed to do way more damage then a thousand of said bombs blowing up overhead.
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You know you can buy an iPhone 3GS & iPhone 4S contract-free, right?
What's with the all-or-nothing approach?
They complement each other, just the same as a laptop complements a desktop.
I hate to do this but eh, you forced me.. the speed of a tablet (I'm taking ipad into account since that's the only tablet I use regularly) is by no means slow so we'll call the speed thing a moot point. Screen size is known as purchase and is part of the architecture so we'll call that a moot point as well. Storage is different and is not the same as a desktop so we'll call it apples/oranges. Keyboards are addressed in the next sentence. A magnifying glass when your placing a cursor with your finger is by far not "stupid" nor "cumbersome". Actually, it's the exact opposite, since the lack of the two would be the description you've given. As far as fart sounds.. that has to be a phone app or something... unsure what you're talking about. Most games that have come out for tablets in the last year do not look like anything from 1993... do you even remember 1993?
Besides, to play devil's advocate I could just say that a tablet is better for the user you've described because a bluetooth keyboard is far more flexible and can be put away unless really needed. And uhm, a mouse & monitor are not accessories to tablets but thanks for playing.
It's surprising how many merchants on the net are like that. Quite a few times I've caught businesses not using SSL encryption during credit card transactions. It's disturbing...
My god, if I could mod this up I so would haha
If anything, it worsens user security by retraining people.
There, FTFY.
I was thinking the same thing.. it's like an auto mechanic taking the job of a salesman, and wondering if someone could give him tips on how to show someone whats under the hood...
yeah seriously.. it used to be that people thought the web was the internet, now I bet it'll get the point that people think facebook is the internet.
I actually had someone ask me my internet email address, I told them and with a blank face they said "no, your email name".
I think it's just Texan to look down on others.
But I thought scientists have already said that there has been no real life scenarios showing destruction or damage with the activities occurring in todays world?
Until we have a dead world, we'll never know! Let's get to work!
Oh please, the sun has nothing to do with temperature or ice melting.
Two words: Chaos theory.
Way to go, you've combined segments of nearly every group of people into one group... and yet systematically combined all the things each of the groups hate.
Did you not read the segment of the post stating that they were stuck with Verizon?
The keyword "stuck" usually means contractual obligations.
You'd also have to think about if your app would work on every hardware model running your app.
It's another dimension to the game, so don't let this little snafu get in your way.
Using a sim card to store data is so old-school. Personally, I use Google's features to store data like that. It can be done with other LDAP style tech as well. It's wide-open now, thankfully. Google voice/calendar & Apple iCal are the two most prominent.
Actually, I praise that since the sim card is provider-dependent and should be considered a temporary piece of your life.
I agree, I use that. Strange thing is I've had lots of people laughing at me, saying how I go around spending a lot of money on phones and not on other things.
I'm baffled at that really, since I picked up a 1 week old used HTC HD2 for $225 and slapped the card in it, done. Mathematically, in 10 months I paid the phone off... and not being locked into a 2 year contract. Of course, I used it for a year and got another phone... but the option was there without another 2 year contract being tacked onto the next phone.
$60/month (+taxes/tags) for 4G 1,000 minutes/unlimited data/unlimited text, with wifi hotspot on phone & signal that was 95% uninterrupted from San Diego to New Orleans. I've actually looked hard for any competition in that realm, I've yet to find it.
Unfortunately, their broadband plans for iPad/etc is $10 more than AT&T's offerings so no love there...
Oddly enough, the difference between CDMA & GSM voice has nothing to do with the protocol it has to do with the compression.
No, it's actually far far far more fragmented than that. It's not anywhere near the GSM market crying and picking up CDMA.
Read up, it'll help you. Here's a good start, and you can extend your knowledge into more technical realms once you get the basics down: http://gizmodo.com/5637136/giz-explains-gsm-vs-cdma
For all intents and purposes, the whole "fanboy" lure is very cliche. Do stop, it's unbecoming.
Come on, seriously, research what you say before you say it!
Oh my god... everyone knows that GSM is being run on the AT&T network, and the rest is just extensions to the network. I don't mention that I have 110-120v electricity in my house when I get an surge protector, but the fact that I'm in the USA pretty much says it dead on. It's the same with AT&T... they run GSM, it's a given.
A crib note for those not in the U.S.A:
CDMA - Verizon, Cricket, Sprint, Virgin Mobile, probably quite a few others.
IDEN - Boost, Sprint Legacy
GSM - AT&T, T-Mobile, and maybe another company I don't know about.
In other words, it's on of several technologies.
Global warming is not about added materials, it's about distributing materials that were in stasis, into the environment.
Get your facts straight.
I'm about the same as you, I love(d) those games.
Although over the years I've come to the point of leaving gaming to the game systems and computing & internet to the computer. It's a personal preference thing with games, though. World Of Warcraft (I refuse to use WoW as a term for it), Everquest, and whatever other MMORPG there are, really suck you in I guess when your faceplanted against the screen with keyboard and mouse.
Yeah, let's bungee cord two bombs together and drop them! Then they'll be just as heavy as one bigger one!!@!# /sarcasm
It's a bunker buster, we're not talking about detonation ratings.
America already knows they can glass over Iran in a matter of seconds.
It puts the fun back into it when you can fine tune it.
Good point... and I didn't see Fat Man & Little Boy penetrating anything as it detonated in the air.
I do have to admit though, the idea of penetrating a couple of feet of concrete then detonating something of high magnitude is guaranteed to do way more damage then a thousand of said bombs blowing up overhead.