It doesn't end there. Eventually you wont be able to build your own devices or find any that support minimal upgrading/repair. When the masses want toasters, eventually that is all that will be manufactured.
I don't like it either, but I'm not going to delude myself that we will *always* have 'open' systems. With a bit of luck ill be retired by then and i wont have to care.
For the average joe the web is all that matters. Its web + buying stuff they can either have sent to their house ( ebay, amazon ) or watch ( netflix, etc ) + social networking...
I tend to agree. They were ( cant comment on them after Lovono bought the brand ) far superior product.
Sure they may not be as flashy, or fast, or light, and did cost a bit more. But they did the job, worked well and lasted. I have some older TPs that have concurrently survived more than a couple of generations of other brands i have 'upgraded' to along the way. ( upgraded due to increases in power )
However, now that its a wholly owned/designed/manufactured Chinese product, i stopped getting them and moved to Apple.
You know the industries have teams dedicated just to scour the net for stuff like that right? If you have a user base large enough to be useful, you are already on their radar.
Novels = e-ink hands down, no debate Tech manuals/comics/similar = tablet. ( At least until you can get an affordable color e-ink large format reader )
After struggling with 'e-books' since the mainframe days, there was no question in my mind that after the first time i saw e-ink in real life there was no comparison, and no going back.
I doubt ink will ever make it into the multimedia market, but really, it doesn't need to and should stick with what its best for. ( once we get color )
According to the linked article you are led to believe that they are fighting over 'interoperability standards' ( with wifi )
If this is really what this is about, personally, i don't think a 'standard' should be patented or licensed. Once a standard like this is adopted by some governing body everyone gets access to it. Sure, have some sort of compatibility test so you can use the pretty logo, but its 100% free to everyone to see and implement on their own.
It's to burn the competition to the ground. Its no different than any other large corporation wants to do. Its the way the world works. If you honestly believe its for anything less and somehow Google is the 'good guy' you are sadly deluding yourself.
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, you're effectively attacking the basis of every web site on the Internet
And they dont care as long as they are still in business and make money.
It doesn't end there. Eventually you wont be able to build your own devices or find any that support minimal upgrading/repair. When the masses want toasters, eventually that is all that will be manufactured.
I don't like it either, but I'm not going to delude myself that we will *always* have 'open' systems. With a bit of luck ill be retired by then and i wont have to care.
For the average joe the web is all that matters. Its web + buying stuff they can either have sent to their house ( ebay, amazon ) or watch ( netflix, etc ) + social networking...
No that is the wrong attitude. You shouldn't have to do 'extra' stuff because they are pretty much flipping standards the bird.
If everyone always just says 'well, we can get around that', we dig the hole even deeper.
Hope you enjoy your new 'media consumption appliance'. Its becoming less and less of a 'general purpose computer' every day.
Might be a cool job actually, aside from having to turn people in. You get to surf 'questionable' sites all day long and get paid.
I tend to agree. They were ( cant comment on them after Lovono bought the brand ) far superior product.
Sure they may not be as flashy, or fast, or light, and did cost a bit more. But they did the job, worked well and lasted. I have some older TPs that have concurrently survived more than a couple of generations of other brands i have 'upgraded' to along the way. ( upgraded due to increases in power )
However, now that its a wholly owned/designed/manufactured Chinese product, i stopped getting them and moved to Apple.
You know the industries have teams dedicated just to scour the net for stuff like that right? If you have a user base large enough to be useful, you are already on their radar.
Novels = e-ink hands down, no debate
Tech manuals/comics/similar = tablet. ( At least until you can get an affordable color e-ink large format reader )
After struggling with 'e-books' since the mainframe days, there was no question in my mind that after the first time i saw e-ink in real life there was no comparison, and no going back.
I doubt ink will ever make it into the multimedia market, but really, it doesn't need to and should stick with what its best for. ( once we get color )
I assume we do recognize immunity? If not, our own representatives are at risk everywhere across the world, and a bit hypocritical too.
Sort of amazing how much energy is being spent to catch this guy, while true threats to the country walk around without any heat at all.
Those who have drank the koolaid ( and unfortunately make the rules ) will never see the truth in that statement.
In that case the phone isn't casing death. it just caused life avoidance.
Hate to tell you this, but ethics are relative too.
But go ahead and follow your version, and see your children squashed by the others.
Oracle bought it, and they aren't in the habit of giving stuff away.
According to the linked article you are led to believe that they are fighting over 'interoperability standards' ( with wifi )
If this is really what this is about, personally, i don't think a 'standard' should be patented or licensed. Once a standard like this is adopted by some governing body everyone gets access to it. Sure, have some sort of compatibility test so you can use the pretty logo, but its 100% free to everyone to see and implement on their own.
Perhaps not, but it never hurts to plan ahead.
Or does apple forbid something like that, pointing you away from the store ?
Just make it rational and award them when they are truly deserving. Not just because you had an idea for a black box that does magic.
The concept of patent protection is a good thing, but how its being used in today's world is not.
It's to burn the competition to the ground. Its no different than any other large corporation wants to do. Its the way the world works. If you honestly believe its for anything less and somehow Google is the 'good guy' you are sadly deluding yourself.
And then your kid is at a disadvantage.
Besides, morals are relative.
Personally id rather not run someting like this on what im ;using', for security reasons.
A cheap laptop stuck in an attic or something that has a broken screen but a good battery ( poor mans ups ) would be good.
Just outlaw non-licensed wifi. Easy to triangulate on a signal to a particular house or apartment.
Break down the doors, arrest all the occupants and confiscate all belongings.
Not hard to do really.
Not everyone. Some only give out minimal information.
But a mesh network might have been.
I do agree, but didn't New Orleans lose power for weeks on end? Laptops only run so long...
Immediately, no, but communication after a disaster is nothing to be sneezed at.
Communication is one of the components of long term survival. Id say within the top 5.
But who gives anyone the right to tell me who i want to spend my money.