AS well as a bunch of features the iPhone is just now getting, and a bunch it doesn't have.
So Android sucked before iPhone? Or is it the magic Google pixie dust that makes ads on Android an innovation and ads on iPhone proof that Apple is teh Evil?
The only reason it's "harder to do" is because Macs don't really advertise their internal specs.
OTOH, try to find the actual tech specs of a computer on HP.com, dell.com or lenovo.com - then try on apple.com Heck, on the Dell site I once found two (slightly) different specs for the same computer when going a different path.
Let me get this straight: when Microsoft breaks a standard and a router manufacturer also breaks the standard to get around the flaw in MS's implementation and Linux breaks the standard to get around the flaw in the implementation of the router manufacturer - Apple is evil for sticking to the standard, even when all you have to do is update the router firmware so that it follows the standard again while still working with Windows. And that logic is fucking insightful.
And there was no excuse for blowing away the minivan trying to carry off the wounded survivor.
Really? If you're convinced that a group of people are enemies, why is it wrong to finish the job? I for one expect the military to kill their targets, instead of just wounding them and leaving them to fight another day.
Not commenting on the video here, just questioning your logic.
Err, what? They saw a wounded man and didn't finish the job, instead setting up a trap to wait if somebody would be stupid enough to save a suffering person, than shoot them.
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Books tend to weight in the 1-2 kilo range. Most kitchen cooking bookstands are more than sturdy enough for an iPad.
Books don't have glare issues like a screen though.
You have never read a book in the sunlight, have you?
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I finally figured it out! You have to tap the vertical margin or the make-believe stack of pages. Tapping anywhere near the center does nothing or goes in to text selection mode. It still does the page curl.
Gotta love this "intuitive" UI.
So to you it would be intuitive that tapping on the text would turn the page - good thing you don't have anything to do with UI design then.
Isn't it funny how the only doom-and-gloom scenario that is actually ever made in this discussion is "you will wreak our economy".
Isn't it funny how good you are at ignoring all of the claims that AGW/Climate Change (depending on who you ask and when) will cause massive coastal flooding and make large parts of the Earth "too hot for agriculture" unless you're making them yourself?
Gee, and haven't we all been told that "even if that would happen, it would be that bad actually" - leaving "you will wreak our economy" the only doom-and-gloom scenario.
You want disaster? Try a 2 degree C warming across all our most important foodbelts!
Right. It's like you have no concept of what a disaster really is. Do you know what would happen in reality? a) crops that are a bit more heat tolerant would be grown. Maybe a bit more irrigation would need to be done. And new farmland, created by warming temperatures, would be opened up.
Yeah, and all that would just fall from the sky, I guess - well, the water maybe, but not the crops. Heck, the water bit may be less too, you know, with the climate changing. And new deserts will open up as well - and the African farmers will be pleased that they can re-settle to the former Alaskan permafrost.
Isn't it funny how the only doom-and-gloom scenario that is actually ever made in this discussion is "you will wreak our economy". Made by the exact same people who made the exact same prediction for CFC-reduction, fighting acid rain, thinking about the possibility that smoking could be not quite that healthy et bloody cetera.
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If Apple had won the computer wars, we'd probably be stuck with some half-baked system which was only just dropping backward-compatibility with Apple II.
Instead, we are stuck with a quarter-baked system which was only just dropping backward-compatibility with the IBM AT. I heard some PC now come without an A20-gate.
Nice try - but as reality shows, opening data to deniers just leads to them either cherry-picking or totally ignoring it. And the article you linked to is the proof. As well as the Read Me - you didn't even notice that it has nothing to do with climate modelling, did you?
If a computer engineer goes back in time to the 1950's, it's a stretch, but it's possible, that he will be able to program the 50's hardware he'll see.
But if a computer engineer from the 1950's is confronted with a 2000's computer, he wouldn't have a clue what to do. And especially, he won't be able to stick a virus coded on a punchcard into the new computer!
Gee, why don't you show me how easy it is to program on something as bog-standard for the 50s as a drum memory computer? And you are telling me Mel would have a problem with an almost picture-perfect implementation of a Von Neumann architecture?
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http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/02/16/google-now-shipping-60000-android-handsets-per-day/ Google and their hardware partners are now shipping 60,000 Android handsets each day. While Apple is shipping a measly 90,000. Yeah, obviously Apple is soooo doomed.
As opposed to the iPhone, where you have your choice of fart apps, or clones of crayon physics games.
Be fair, even with those you have more choices with Android. Less apps overall maybe, but certainly more of those.
Android has already had this since the G1
AS well as a bunch of features the iPhone is just now getting, and a bunch it doesn't have.
So Android sucked before iPhone? Or is it the magic Google pixie dust that makes ads on Android an innovation and ads on iPhone proof that Apple is teh Evil?
One doesn't have to be a fan-boi to be an Apple Hater.
But being a moron helps.
The only reason it's "harder to do" is because Macs don't really advertise their internal specs.
OTOH, try to find the actual tech specs of a computer on HP.com, dell.com or lenovo.com - then try on apple.com Heck, on the Dell site I once found two (slightly) different specs for the same computer when going a different path.
Let me get this straight: when Microsoft breaks a standard and a router manufacturer also breaks the standard to get around the flaw in MS's implementation and Linux breaks the standard to get around the flaw in the implementation of the router manufacturer - Apple is evil for sticking to the standard, even when all you have to do is update the router firmware so that it follows the standard again while still working with Windows. And that logic is fucking insightful.
It's not really accurate to call Apple a computer company anymore...
Absolute rubbish. Total tosh of the highest quality.
Of course Apple are a computer company. Everything they do has its roots in computing.
I can understand the anti-Apple stance taken by a lot of /. posters, but you're starting to wander into total fantasy now.
Especially since he bases his whole argument on "everything Apple builds is a PC really".
Note that after smashing it on the base a couple of times, you can still see the virtual keyboard popping up on the screen. Very fragile build, ehh?
And there was no excuse for blowing away the minivan trying to carry off the wounded survivor.
Really? If you're convinced that a group of people are enemies, why is it wrong to finish the job? I for one expect the military to kill their targets, instead of just wounding them and leaving them to fight another day.
Not commenting on the video here, just questioning your logic.
Err, what? They saw a wounded man and didn't finish the job, instead setting up a trap to wait if somebody would be stupid enough to save a suffering person, than shoot them.
Books tend to weight in the 1-2 kilo range. Most kitchen cooking bookstands are more than sturdy enough for an iPad.
Books don't have glare issues like a screen though.
You have never read a book in the sunlight, have you?
I finally figured it out! You have to tap the vertical margin or the make-believe stack of pages. Tapping anywhere near the center does nothing or goes in to text selection mode. It still does the page curl.
Gotta love this "intuitive" UI.
So to you it would be intuitive that tapping on the text would turn the page - good thing you don't have anything to do with UI design then.
It's still a good idea. With bookmarks you can't "open in new window".
I don't know about "multi-touch Safari", but Safari allows you to open bookmarks in new Tabs and Windows.
Oh pulleeze. The keyboard on the iphones suck. I can attest to this from personal firsthand experience and really bizarre looking Slashdot posts.
Errm, from personal firsthand experience with your Slashdot posts, the bizarreness probably has nothing to do with the "iphones".
Huh? I can touch type just fine on my netbook (an IdeaPad S10e). They keys are almost full size, and the feel is great.
I'm glad that you can touch type on your slightly-bigger-than-an-iPad netbook. I guess that makes the OP wrong then?
Isn't it funny how the only doom-and-gloom scenario that is actually ever made in this discussion is "you will wreak our economy".
Isn't it funny how good you are at ignoring all of the claims that AGW/Climate Change (depending on who you ask and when) will cause massive coastal flooding and make large parts of the Earth "too hot for agriculture" unless you're making them yourself?
Gee, and haven't we all been told that "even if that would happen, it would be that bad actually" - leaving "you will wreak our economy" the only doom-and-gloom scenario.
So you admit that YOU are fucking up the economy.
The doubling happens logarithmically,
But the growth of CO2 happens exponentially, in case you hadn't noticed.
You want disaster? Try a 2 degree C warming across all our most important foodbelts!
Right. It's like you have no concept of what a disaster really is. Do you know what would happen in reality? a) crops that are a bit more heat tolerant would be grown. Maybe a bit more irrigation would need to be done. And new farmland, created by warming temperatures, would be opened up.
Yeah, and all that would just fall from the sky, I guess - well, the water maybe, but not the crops. Heck, the water bit may be less too, you know, with the climate changing. And new deserts will open up as well - and the African farmers will be pleased that they can re-settle to the former Alaskan permafrost.
Isn't it funny how the only doom-and-gloom scenario that is actually ever made in this discussion is "you will wreak our economy". Made by the exact same people who made the exact same prediction for CFC-reduction, fighting acid rain, thinking about the possibility that smoking could be not quite that healthy et bloody cetera.
If Apple had won the computer wars, we'd probably be stuck with some half-baked system which was only just dropping backward-compatibility with Apple II.
Instead, we are stuck with a quarter-baked system which was only just dropping backward-compatibility with the IBM AT. I heard some PC now come without an A20-gate.
If so, I'll wait until Sansa makes a knockoff that'll include an SD slot and costs half as much.
Aren't Sansa players larger than iPods anyway? What are you waiting for?
Which of those devices are tablets? Oh! Apple fanbois and the RDF!
The Android one most certainly is. Does that mean a "fanboi" is somebody who actually RTFA?
Nice try - but as reality shows, opening data to deniers just leads to them either cherry-picking or totally ignoring it. And the article you linked to is the proof. As well as the Read Me - you didn't even notice that it has nothing to do with climate modelling, did you?
I just want to know how much apple paid for that advertisement.... :)
"Only" cross-promotion costs: http://www.informedusa.com/t/independanceday.html
If a computer engineer goes back in time to the 1950's, it's a stretch, but it's possible, that he will be able to program the 50's hardware he'll see. But if a computer engineer from the 1950's is confronted with a 2000's computer, he wouldn't have a clue what to do. And especially, he won't be able to stick a virus coded on a punchcard into the new computer!
Gee, why don't you show me how easy it is to program on something as bog-standard for the 50s as a drum memory computer? And you are telling me Mel would have a problem with an almost picture-perfect implementation of a Von Neumann architecture?