One thing they've mentioned on many occasions is that 404 errors bug the shit out of them. In the Xanadu system, all links were two-way, and you couldn't end up with a broken reference like that.
What sunk Xanadu, IMHO, is that it was much too ambitious. They were trying to make a framework to present the sum total of human knowledge. Still, some extremely clever work was done on that project, both before and during the Autodesk years.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Any statute which purports to give the government access to our electronic communications without a warrant is not a law at all. It's a usurpation.
The Xoom is either equal or superior to all if the iPad's specs. ..Except for the quality of the UI, the availability of software, the price, and its weight.
Xoom is Motorola's Zune. We won't even remember it in a couple of years.
Apple learned from Microsoft's mistakes, and that's why the iPad is a runaway hit. They didn't try to shoehorn their desktop environment into a tablet, they designed a new UI that was appropriate for touch-screen input. Microsoft, meanwhile, is still trying to polish up "pen windows" and pretend it's a viable competitor.
I'm not the same AC, but you do realize that Windows Tablet PCs do all of this, right?
AC #2 is right. Microsoft tried like hell for years to sell that idea, and nobody went for it. Apple found a way to appeal to millions of users with the iPad, and the people who won't buy it because it's not like MS's failed approach are statistical noise.
The "twirl" effect in Photo Booth looks amazing—you can twist and distort images in real time with your finger just by dragging it around the screen. It's goofy fun—but also something a slow processor would have trouble with.
Evidently, the reviewer doesn't understand that the visual effects in Photobooth are done with GL shaders. The first iPad could do the same thing.
I remember hearing about someone who got busted for a similar scheme many years ago. He was a consultant at a brokerage, and he programmed their modems to call his 900 number periodically. He was somewhat careful about it, and was only skimming a couple grand a month, which wouldn't even be noticed in a monthly phone bill that easily ran into seven figures. He got caught when the company blocked all 900 number calls. Apparently, he didn't do a very good job of concealing the ownership of the 900 line.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Any act of congress that purports to allow any officer to ignore the fourth amendment is unconstitutional, and is therefore not a law at all. The government frequently ignores the constitutional limitations on its powers, but the constitution is nevertheless the entirety of the legal basis for the existence of the federal government.
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One thing they've mentioned on many occasions is that 404 errors bug the shit out of them. In the Xanadu system, all links were two-way, and you couldn't end up with a broken reference like that.
What sunk Xanadu, IMHO, is that it was much too ambitious. They were trying to make a framework to present the sum total of human knowledge. Still, some extremely clever work was done on that project, both before and during the Autodesk years.
-jcr
Sadly, they have little trouble getting warrants, even when their intentions are clearly unreasonable. There's always one more judge to ask.
-jcr
What's it got to say about this kind of thing?
Any statute which purports to give the government access to our electronic communications without a warrant is not a law at all. It's a usurpation.
-jcr
When has anyone ever wanted Windows on anything but x86? Anyone else remember NT on MIPS, DEC Alpha, HPPA, etc?
-jcr
Surely re-launching the Amiga would have more chance of success?
-jcr
We do not arrange our society for the convenience of the police.
-jcr
Do they charge for time, or storage and bandwidth? I can't remember how long it's been since I've seen a bill that stated CPU time.
-jcr
Does anyone even still sell computer time?
-jcr
Most of the people buying iPads would never buy a 'real' computer.
Everyone using an iPad has to have a "real" computer to activate it.
-jcr
The Xoom is either equal or superior to all if the iPad's specs. ..Except for the quality of the UI, the availability of software, the price, and its weight.
Xoom is Motorola's Zune. We won't even remember it in a couple of years.
-jcr
Apple learned from Microsoft's mistakes, and that's why the iPad is a runaway hit. They didn't try to shoehorn their desktop environment into a tablet, they designed a new UI that was appropriate for touch-screen input. Microsoft, meanwhile, is still trying to polish up "pen windows" and pretend it's a viable competitor.
-jcr
You'd be surprised how widely LabView is used. If you ever get involved with manufacturing, you'll see it all over the place.
-jcr
MS has been caught pirating software on at least three occasions that I know of. Have they thought this through?
-jcr
requires no novel technology, has no valuable intellectual property, and doesn't have much of a competitive advantage.
They do have quite a mindshare advantage, though. Your description above would apply just as well to e-bay, wouldn't it?
-jcr
They make shitloads of money
Got any actual figures? A $25B market cap sounds awfully bubbly to me.
-jcr
I remember the days when most PCs got their viruses from removable media...
-jcr
AC #2 is right. Microsoft tried like hell for years to sell that idea, and nobody went for it. Apple found a way to appeal to millions of users with the iPad, and the people who won't buy it because it's not like MS's failed approach are statistical noise.
-jcr
FTA:
Evidently, the reviewer doesn't understand that the visual effects in Photobooth are done with GL shaders. The first iPad could do the same thing.
-jcr
I remember hearing about someone who got busted for a similar scheme many years ago. He was a consultant at a brokerage, and he programmed their modems to call his 900 number periodically. He was somewhat careful about it, and was only skimming a couple grand a month, which wouldn't even be noticed in a monthly phone bill that easily ran into seven figures. He got caught when the company blocked all 900 number calls. Apparently, he didn't do a very good job of concealing the ownership of the 900 line.
-jcr
..and I sure as hell wouldn't hire anyone who complied.
-jcr
Asimov's laws are: don't harm humans, obey humans, protect self, in that order.
-jcr
Any act of congress that purports to allow any officer to ignore the fourth amendment is unconstitutional, and is therefore not a law at all. The government frequently ignores the constitutional limitations on its powers, but the constitution is nevertheless the entirety of the legal basis for the existence of the federal government.
-jcr
Are you confusing Upton Sinclair with Clive Sinclair, or are you making a joke that I missed?
-jcr
We can ask, he just can't answer.
-jcr
They wouldn't have to. They can set up their own deployment server, just like any other business does. See here.
-jcr