I find the form factor to be too big for something that only does what my cell phone can do. They are poor e-readers compared to digital paper systems, so the only reason I can come up with for the larger screen is to watch movies, which is not something I find myself needing. If you like the size, more power to you, but I just dont see the use compared to an actual computer.
Tablets are not new. What makes the current crop different from the last one, or the one before that, or the one before that. Its like 3D movies. Every now and then the idea gets reintroduced and everyone raves about it, till we grow tired of the idea and move on. I still have a beta-max copy of the 1950's movie Cat Women On the Moon in 3D some place, right next to my Dauphin DTR-1 486 25mhz tablet running Windows 3.1 For Pens.
Most of what I do, is come in after the outsourced contract workers are done and make things work. Granted, that's for custom software development, but the principal is the same.
I assume the listed price of 40 pennies per watt is a watt per hour at peak performance? So to compare against a currently offered grid tie in system at 300 watt hours this seems to be about 1/10th the price. Granted, that's comparing a full system with alternators and a tie in system to feed unused power back into the grid, but given how PG&E prices per KW/hr in a tiered system (more power you use, more it costs per watt) this seems like a good deal.
So a new excuse to put off installing solar panels for a while longer! Yay!
"are they a search engine, an ad delivery service, a music retailer, or a venture capital firm". Yes, and more. If you just want the status quo, go back to using infoseek.com. Google is one of the few companies actually coming out with new stuff. This is a good thing (well not the few part).
You fund 1,000 projects, in the hope that 1 of them will return more then the other 999 consume. What Google is doing, is what most US companies are failing to do to get ahead of the rest of the world.
The LED bulbs I'm using sure seem to be an improvement. But perhaps you're using some metric other then price, quality, efficiency or environmental impact.
Its a 10,000$+ answer to a problem that a ripping program and a media player already solved. As much as I dislike the decision, I cant really bring myself to care due to the market they where targeting. Had they not tried to work with the CCA and had instead just made media servers and players that could be used in much the same way but without trying to preserve the encryption (and without advertising the devices as being intended for use with encrypted content) I think they would have faired better.
There is a not so fine line between espousing a belief and passing out DVDs to co-workers and trying to convert them. Sounds like disruptive behavior to me. I also would expect from the description that he was asked to stop, then warned before being let go.
Sorry, but a private citizen with no legal enforcement power (which TSA is and lacks) can not declare you an enemy of the state and have you sent to Guantanamo.
"If Windows 8 shifts in a form that people really want to buy the product, the company will have a great future."
From what I've seen, people will not be flocking to Windows 8 of their own free will. But the "good" news is that their will has little to do with it. New computes will come with Windows 8, and no doubt there will be some software feature tie ins that will require it. Much like Vista and DirectX.
From all reports iOS 5.1 does not address the battery life issues that 5 introduced. New features are nifty, but there are still some basics that they seem to be having issues with.
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I have never seen RDP open to the world. If you do that, you're asking for issues regardless of any exploit.
I find the form factor to be too big for something that only does what my cell phone can do. They are poor e-readers compared to digital paper systems, so the only reason I can come up with for the larger screen is to watch movies, which is not something I find myself needing. If you like the size, more power to you, but I just dont see the use compared to an actual computer.
Tablets are not new. What makes the current crop different from the last one, or the one before that, or the one before that. Its like 3D movies. Every now and then the idea gets reintroduced and everyone raves about it, till we grow tired of the idea and move on. I still have a beta-max copy of the 1950's movie Cat Women On the Moon in 3D some place, right next to my Dauphin DTR-1 486 25mhz tablet running Windows 3.1 For Pens.
You've clearly never had a good shawarma.
PeerBlock seems to be working as well.
Yea, its like someone telling me I have to release my software under the GPL just because I used their code which was released under the same license!
If you dont like the license something is released under, just dont use it.
The article says otherwise. Can you back up your claim?
Most of what I do, is come in after the outsourced contract workers are done and make things work. Granted, that's for custom software development, but the principal is the same.
I assume the listed price of 40 pennies per watt is a watt per hour at peak performance? So to compare against a currently offered grid tie in system at 300 watt hours this seems to be about 1/10th the price. Granted, that's comparing a full system with alternators and a tie in system to feed unused power back into the grid, but given how PG&E prices per KW/hr in a tiered system (more power you use, more it costs per watt) this seems like a good deal.
So a new excuse to put off installing solar panels for a while longer! Yay!
Can you back up that claim? I see a LOT of money going to Google for API & geocode tools, email filtering, etc.
"are they a search engine, an ad delivery service, a music retailer, or a venture capital firm". Yes, and more. If you just want the status quo, go back to using infoseek.com. Google is one of the few companies actually coming out with new stuff. This is a good thing (well not the few part).
You fund 1,000 projects, in the hope that 1 of them will return more then the other 999 consume. What Google is doing, is what most US companies are failing to do to get ahead of the rest of the world.
It did not outlaw incandescents. It just required a give level of efficiency, which some incandescents manage to meet and thus are still available.
The LED bulbs I'm using sure seem to be an improvement. But perhaps you're using some metric other then price, quality, efficiency or environmental impact.
Its a 10,000$+ answer to a problem that a ripping program and a media player already solved. As much as I dislike the decision, I cant really bring myself to care due to the market they where targeting. Had they not tried to work with the CCA and had instead just made media servers and players that could be used in much the same way but without trying to preserve the encryption (and without advertising the devices as being intended for use with encrypted content) I think they would have faired better.
Thing is, we like pie. Being able to eat a Pi sized slice of Pi at 1:59 on 3.14 is a geeky excuse to consume treats.
"Who or what created the creator?". Neil deGrasse Tyson traveled back in time to ejaculate in the primordial ooze.
There is a not so fine line between espousing a belief and passing out DVDs to co-workers and trying to convert them. Sounds like disruptive behavior to me. I also would expect from the description that he was asked to stop, then warned before being let go.
Because the whole dooms day clock thing was created during the cold war and is intended to scare people into obedience.
Actually, they cant. But they could recommend to Homeland Security that you be added, and odds are they would just rubber stamp it.
But the TSA is no more a "three letter agency" then TWA is.
Sorry, but a private citizen with no legal enforcement power (which TSA is and lacks) can not declare you an enemy of the state and have you sent to Guantanamo.
What where the consequences they where threatened with?
"If Windows 8 shifts in a form that people really want to buy the product, the company will have a great future."
From what I've seen, people will not be flocking to Windows 8 of their own free will. But the "good" news is that their will has little to do with it. New computes will come with Windows 8, and no doubt there will be some software feature tie ins that will require it. Much like Vista and DirectX.
From all reports iOS 5.1 does not address the battery life issues that 5 introduced. New features are nifty, but there are still some basics that they seem to be having issues with.